British archaeologist Arthur Evans excavated the ruins of an ancient city at Knossos, Crete, in 1900, uncovering evidence of a Bronze Age civilization that had flourished from about 3000β1100 bce. He named it the Minoan civilization for Minos, either a dynastic title or the name of a particular ruler of Crete who has a place in Greek legend.
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