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 | | The first signs of civilization in Greece was on the island of Crete from around 2600 BCE, and by 1600 BCE, it had risen to become a larger civilization across much of Greece. |
 | | The Mycenaean civilization is now known to have succeeded the earlier Minoan, flourished in the Greek island of Crete, for which the most representative site explored up to now is Cnossus. |
 | | 2000–1650 BC Akrotiri developed into one of the Aegean's major Bronze Age ports [4], with recovered objects that had come not just from Crete but also from Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria and Egypt, from the Dodecanese islands and the Greek mainland. |
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