GLY 1010 Lecture 37:
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The script of minoans is a hieroglyphic type of writing called "linear a" Most of the clyclades group of aegean sea islands represents the submergerd tops of mountains composed of continental crust. True the name minoan was given to the bronze age civilization of crete by british acheologist arthur evans who named tham after the. Greek mythical king minos what happened to the center of minoan civilization in crete when santorini exploded? it was devastated by earthquakes and a tsunami. What famous myth has the destruction of santorini been associated with. Santorini is at the boundary of these two lithospheric plates. African and the aegean subplate of the eurasian plate. The volume of erupted material ranks santorini how in regard to historic eruptions second. Minoan art was produced strictly for political, religious or other social purposes. Does the post-minoan eruption and volcanic history of santorini indicate that it is still an active volcano.
