Minoan

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• a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes
• What we certainly can see is a tendency towards synthesis and dynamic development, a typical feature of Minoan civilization.
• Kolymba is believed to be a Minoan dock basin, and it may be that Minoan ships were built and repaired here.
• If it's true that the name of the kithara is ultimately from a Minoan compound meaning 'three-stringed' and containing the element *ki 'three' see Paleoglot: The kithara, then it stands to reason that the similar name, kinnor, is probably likewise Minoan in origin and containing the same petrified numeral with a different second component. Archive 2010-08-01
• What we certainly can see is a tendency towards synthesis and dynamic development, a typical feature of Minoan civilization.
• the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined
• Furthermore given all appearances, Linear A was most likely made for Minoan and the rules of the script would simply be too unnatural if Minoan did not have highly restricted phonotactics to begin with. Linear A treatment of consonant clusters
• No one would take it amiss if he found the Minoan Palace irresistibly romantic. THE QUEST FOR K
• During the middle Minoan period, urbanism became apparent, towns appeared, and the great palaces were built.
• From there, *Kʰaputar 'The Summits'? would become the word for the entire Minoan region, perhaps in connection to the Horns of Consecration, a very sacred and prominent symbol undoubtedly related to the Egyptian aker symbol representing the sun both emerging from and setting into the two horizons. A thought on the real name for the land of the Minoans