Minoan trade

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209 first settlement in Crete Early Neolithic, Knossos, 7th millennium BCE
210 Neolithics already had lots of nonlocal materials, so plenty of trade already
211 Kampos Group, early 3rd millennium BCE, transition EMI to EMII, represents the beginning of heavy and continuous overseas trade
212 Keros-Syros Culture corresponding to EMII, trade flourished as never before. Sauceboats everywhere (Cyclades, Crete, mainland)
213 Western Mediterranean not completely unknown to Crete, but not regular trade until later
EMIIB-EMIIIA, Kastri Group (strong connections to Anatolia)
214 trade with the north interrupted, Crete more isolated in that respect
trade with the east increased
Hippopotamus ivory traded as a raw material in EMIII and later
Old Palaces early 2nd millennium
215 olive oil, Kamares ware (i.e. the really good stuff), woolen textiles, and murex dye were the prime commodities Crete had to offer
Cretans wanted to acquire metal
216 New Palace Period, from after MMIIB destructions until LMIB destructions
"Minoan thalassocracy" myths date from this period
unified style of pottery
217 Grave Circles A and B in Mycenae
Minoans sending their craftsmen everywhere, not just stylistic borrowing
218 deep rather than wide influence of Crete in Cyprus
Cypro-Minoan script influenced by Linear A
219 15th century BCE = 18th dynasty
references to Keftiu
LMIIIA2 major destruction at Knossos
220 no more Warrior Graves
pottery more regional
Uluburun, Cape Gelidonya, and Point Iria shipwrecks
221 copper from Cyprus (and Laurion still?)
222 increased trade with Italy & the west