What destroyed the Minoan Civilization?
Archaeologists and scholars connected this destruction with the massive volcanic eruption on Thera that caused the total destruction of the Island of Santorin. Scholars speculate that the volcanic eruption occurred around 1645 BCE. The legend of Atlantis mentioned by the Greek philosopher Homers in his epic is thought to have originated from this destruction. Shortly after 1200 BCE, the Aegean civilization was completely destroyed. Where did the Minoan people who survived the destruction due to volcanic eruption travel? (c) Canaanites: In the Old Testament they are mentioned as the original inhabitants of the land of Cannan, an area designated to the West of the Jordan River, later known as Palestine. According to the Book of Judges, the Israelites, during the 2000 BCE, or earlier, gradually subjugated the Canaanite cities. Around 1200 B.C.E., (late Bronze period: 1500-1200 BCE) the Indo-European “Sea-People,” armed with iron weapons and whose origin is still unknown poured from northe
