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Olives are cultivated in Crete and will provide, in the form of olive oil, one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade
The sculptors of the Cyclades produce stylized and formal figures, mainly female, in white marble
Knossos, and other such palaces, are built for dynasties in Minoan Crete
Trade is carried on from Crete round the Mediterranean as far west as Sicily and in the east down to Egypt
Administrative records and accounts at Knossos are kept in a script, as yet undeciphered, known as Linear A
A bull-fighting fresco in the palace of Knossos is linked with the island's cult of the bull
The eruption of a volcano, on the island of Thera, entombs and preserves houses with frescoes in the Minoan city of Akrotiri
Texts written at Mycenae, in the script known as Linear B, are the earliest surviving version of Greek
All the towns and palaces of Crete, except Knossos itself, are destroyed by fire - probably by invaders from Mycenae
The massive architecture of Mycenaean cities such as Tiryns is said in Greek legend to have been built by one-eyed giants, the Cyclopes
The so-called Treasury of Atreus, at Mycenae, is the most spectacular of the beehive tombs of this period
Mycenae prevails as the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese and the entire Aegean
The earliest known suit of armour, made of bronze, survives from a tomb in Mycenaean Greece
Mycenaean merchants trade as far west as Spain and have links with neolithic societies far away in the interior of Europe
Palaces in Mycenae are destroyed, probably by the so-called Sea Peoples from the west and south coasts of Turkey
Mysterious raiders from the sea cause chaos throughout the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece to Palestine and Egypt
Mycenae and other states of the Peloponnese are overwhelmed by invading Dorian Greeks
Athens, not reached by the invading Dorians, becomes a surviving outpost of Mycenaean civilization
With the encouragements of Athens, non-Dorian Greeks migrate to form colonies on the west coast of Anatolia
The traditional date for the first athletic contest at Olympia
This year is later selected by Roman scholars as the date of the founding of Rome, becoming the first year (AUC 1) in Roman chronology
Ionia emerges as a political entity, forming a league of twelve Greek cities in Asia Minor
The Etruscans establish Italy's first civilization, in the region between the Arno and the Tiber
The Homeric texts, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are written down - probably in Ionia
The inhabitants of Sparta organize their society on military lines and consider themselves the descendants of the Dorians
