Timeline of the Minoans
Early Minoan Period (c. 3000-2000 BC)
- Stone tombs appear on Crete.
- Pottery wheel introduced to Minoan civilization.
- Cretan Hieroglyphic script developed.
Middle Minoan Period (c. 2000-1600 BC)

(c) Bibi Saint-Pol - First Minoan palace built at Phaistos.
- Sphinxes depicted in Minoan art.
- First Minoan palace built at Malia.
- First Minoan palace built at Knossos.
- Linear A script developed.
- Phaistos Disk manufactured.
- Rhodes has significant contact with Minoan Crete.
Late Minoan Period (c. 1600-1450 BC)
- Second Palace of Knossos built.
- Cycladic culture increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
- Second Minoan palace built at Malia.
- Knossos survives the Thera eruption.
- Harvester Vase depicts a sistrum player.
- Earthquake and fire end the Minoan period at Malia.
- Destruction of Minoan palace at Zakros.
