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Aegean Civilization: Minoans: King Minos was the ruler of thalassocracy which means Sea Empire.

All these information about the Minoans comes from Thucydides writings about the Aegean basin named Minoa. The Minoan civilization flourished from 1900 B.C.E. until the middle of the second millennium B.C.E. The Minoans may have been decedents of the Neolithic culture Known as Cycladic that dominated in the Aegean. They trades a wide variety of goods which gave them power in the Aegean Sea area. The Minoans inherited this trade culture and the maritime skills mastered by the Cycladic Aegean during the Stone Age. By 1900 the Minoans had developed architectural and material skills that are why the period between 1700- 1900 B.C.E. as the Palace Age. The palace in the Minoan culture was located in the center of a redistributive economy, drawing in the resources under its

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