knossos the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe's oldest city

knossos the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe's oldest city Stock Photo

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3120 x 4746 px | 26.4 x 40.2 cm | 10.4 x 15.8 inches | 300dpi

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20 September 2016

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heraklion,crete

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The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1380–1100 BC.The occasion is not known for certain, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward. The abandoning population were probably Mycenaean Greeks, who had earlier occupied the city-state, and were using Linear B as its administrative script, as opposed to Linear A, the previous administrative script. The hill was never again a settlement or civic site, although squatters may have used it for a time.

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