Seafaring traders

Ryan&Bill&Catherine&SR Timeline about Seafaring Traders

By Ryan Fang
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1400 BCE

    The Minoans dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean

  • 1700 BCE

    A great disaster, perhaps an earthquake, destroyed most Minoan towns and cities. The Minoans rebuilt the cities with equal richness.

  • 1470 BCE

    a series of earthquakes rocked Crete. The quakes were followed by a violent volcanic eruption on the neighboring island of Thera.

    The disaster of 1470 B.C. was a blow from which the Minoans never fully recovered. This time, the Minoans had trouble rebuilding their cities.
  • 1200 BCE

    The Minoan civilization finally ended about 1200 B.C.

  • 1100 BCE

    Phoenicians begin to dominate Mediterranean trade.(Carthaginian glass bead)

  • 842 BCE

    Phoenician trade was upset when their eastern cities were captured by Assyrians in 842 B.C.

  • 814 BCE

    Carthage founded as a Phoenician trade center

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