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Main civilizations of the Bronze period

Minoan Civilization 2800 B.C. ~ 1200 B.C.

Mycenae Civilization 1600 B.C. ~ 1100 B.C.

KNOSSOS PALACE - FIRST TO SERVE WINE

one of the three principal Aegean civilizations; (the other two are the Cycladic culture, which developed in the Cyclades, and the Mycenaean, which developed on Peloponnese in late Helladic times.
Minoan culture reached its height in the 2nd millennium BC at Knossos, Phaestos, Mallia, and other flourishing centers.


"PALACE OF KNOSSOS" 2800 BC. - 1200 B.C.	Decorated storage ceramic jars in Knossos palace cellars. Some are an impressive 1.8 m tall.			VATHIPETRO The oldest wine press in the world 16th B.C.

VATHIPETRO, west of KNOSSOS in the mountainous area of Archanes, nine kilometers south of Heraklion, archeologists unearthed these ruins of a large Minoan country estate belonging to a local nobleman. A wine press and rooms full of clay jars for storing the wine were found in perfect condition among the ruins dated 1600 B.C..