Minoan civilisatio began in the island of Crete in about 3000BC.It lasted for 1500 years.Minoans traded with ancient Egyptians and babylonians and learned writing from them.Also they learned...
A sophisticated culture on the island of Crete. It was not Greek till later, and large elements passed into Classical Greece.It seems to have been a monarchy. City-state democracy may have begun...
The reasons ar unclear, but besides them the Hittite, Middle-Babylonian, Middle-Assyrian, Egyptian, Canaanite, etc, all collapsed as well in the same time period. It seems to be a mix of climate...