Minoan

Minoan may refer to the following:

The Minoan civilization
- The (undeciphered) Eteocretan language
- The script known as Linear A
- Minoan eruption
- Minoan pottery
- Minoan chronology
- Minoan Modi
An old name for the Mycenean language before it was deciphered and discovered to be a form of Greek. The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. The Minoan language is a Language of ancient Crete. Its relationship to Greek is unknown and it was spoken before the island's civilization was replaced Linear A is one of two linear scripts used in ancient Crete before Greek Mycenaean Linear B. The Minoan eruption of Thera, also referred to as the Thera eruption or Santorini eruption was a major catastrophic volcanic eruption ( VEI Minoan Pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Minoan chronology refers to the relative dating scheme developed by Sir Arthur Evans for the Bronze Age in Crete based on the excavations initiated and Modi is the archaeological site of a Minoan Peak sanctuary in eastern Crete Mycenaean is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, before the
Minoan Lines, a Greek ferry company

Minoan Lines is one of the dominant passenger Ferry companies in Greece sailing between Piraeus and Crete and in the Adriatic Sea

Dictionary

Of or related to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 BCE).
Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece.

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