Minoan civilization

Summary

Minoan civilization is an archaeological culture^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of archaeological_culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,189 views/month, #4 of 524).^[2]

Key Facts

• Minoan civilization's instance of is recorded as archaeological culture^[3].
• Minoan civilization's instance of is recorded as civilization^[4].
• Minoan civilization's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[5].
• Minoan civilization's instance of is recorded as historical period^[6].
• Minoan civilization's instance of is recorded as style^[7].
• Minos is named after Minoan civilization^[8].
• The location of Minoan civilization was Crete^[9].
• Minoan civilization is part of Bronze Age^[10].
• Minoan civilization is part of history of Crete^[11].
• Minoan civilization's Commons category is recorded as Minoan civilization^[12].
• Minoan civilization began on 3300 BC^[13].
• Minoan civilization began on 2000 BC^[14].
• Minoan civilization ended on 1100 BC^[15].
• Minoan civilization was part of the conflict Mycenaean conquest of Crete^[16].
• Minoan civilization's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 35.309722, 'longitude': 24.893333}^[17].
• Minoan civilization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minoan civilization^[18].
• Minoan civilization's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic:civilization=minoan^[19].
• Minoan civilization's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Minoan civilization's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Minoan civilization's replaced by is recorded as Mycenaean Greece^[22].
• Minoan civilization's partially coincident with is recorded as Mycenaean Greece^[23].
• Minoan civilization's partially coincident with is recorded as Cycladic civilization^[24].
• Minoan civilization's topic has template is recorded as Q14695113^[25].
• Minoan civilization's topic has template is recorded as Q141184055^[26].
• Minoan civilization's indigenous to is recorded as Crete^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include archaeological culture^[3], civilization^[4], ancient civilization^[5], historical period^[6], and style^[7].

Origins

Minos is named after Minoan civilization^[8].

Use and Application

Part of include Bronze Age^[10], an archaeological age^[28] and history of Crete^[11], an aspect of history^[29].

Why It Matters

Minoan civilization ranks in the top 0.76% of archaeological_culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,189 views/month, #4 of 524).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 167 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]