Ryan&Bill&Catherine&SR Timeline about Seafaring Traders

The Minoans dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean

Period: 2000 BCE to 1400 BCE

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

1700 BCE

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

1470 BCE

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.

The Minoan civilization finally ended about 1200 B.C.

1200 BCE

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

1100 BCE

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

842 BCE

Carthage founded as a Phoenician trade center

814 BCE