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