Comparative Timeline CYCLADIC MINOAN MYCENAEAN 3500 NEOLITHIC Neolithic Neolithic 3300 EARLY BRONZE AGE or NEOLITHIC Neolithic EARLY CYCLADIC AGE: Grotta-Pelos Culture 3000 Grotta-Pelos Culture EARLY BRONZE AGE Neolithic Early Minoan 2800 KEROS-SYROS CULTURE Early Minoan NEOLITHIC (Height of Cyclades) 2500 KEROS-SYROS CULTURE Early Minoan EARLY BRONZE AGE Early Helladic 2400 Phylakopi Culture Early Minoan Early Helladic 2000 MIDDLE BRONZE AGE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE Early Helladic Minoan Influence MIDDLE MINOAN (First palaces) 1900 Minoan Influence MIDDLE MINOAN MIDDLE BRONZE AGE Middle Helladic 1700 Minoan Influence MIDDLE MINOAN Middle Helladic (Palaces rebuilt, height of Crete) 1500 LATE BRONZE AGE LATE BRONZE AGE LATE BRONZE AGE Mycenaean Influence Late Minoan MYCENAEAN AGE or (Decline) LATE HELLADIC 1400 Mycenaean Influence Late Minoan MYCENAEAN AGE (Mycenaean influ- (Height) ence 1250 Mycenaean Influence Late Minoan MYCENAEAN AGE (Beginning of decline) 1100 DARK AGE DARK AGE DARK AGE