Hellenic Chronicle

c. 1600 BC The volcano at Thera erupted and earthquakes caused significant destruction in Minoan Crete.

c. 1700 BC Myceaenean civilisation begins to thrive in mainland Greece with its citadel architecture.

c. 1900 BC The earliest date for the construction of the Palace of Minos on Crete.

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c. 3200 BC The first Bronze Age cultures emerge on mainland Greece (Helladic), the Cyclades Islands (Cycladic) and on Crete (Minoan prepalatial).

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c. 3,400 BC The earliest defensive stone structures were built at Dimini in Thessaly

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