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3200 BCE - 1100 BCE: The Cycladic Civilization in Greece.
3000 BCE - 2000 BCE: First inhabitation of Mycenae area.
2000 BCE - 1450 BCE: Minoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean.
2000 BCE - 1650 BCE: Akrotiri on Thera reaches its peak of prosperity and becomes a flourishing Mediterranean trading centre.
1850 BCE - 1450 BCE: The Linear A script of the Minoan civilization is in use.
1700 BCE - 1400 BCE: The culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
1700 BCE - 1100 BCE: The Mycenaean civilization dominates Greece.
1650 BCE - 1550 BCE: Eruption of Thera and consequent tidal waves, destruction of Akrotiri and other Aegean centres.
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE: The Linear B script of the Mycenaean civilization is in use.
1450 BCE - 1400 BCE: Minoan Palatial period superseded by Mycenaean.
1400 BCE - 1100 BCE: Culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.
1250 BCE - 1150 BCE: Bronze Age Collapse during which the major civilizations of the Mediterranean declined or fell.