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
