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Minoan Civilization - ninemsn Encarta (1280 words) |
 | 1700 bc, the palaces were reduced to ruins, apparently by earthquakes, but were immediately rebuilt, and it is to the subsequent Neopalatial period, (c. |
 | The damage to Knossos was relatively limited: this and the presence of the Linear B tablets suggest that the town may have served as the administrative capital of Mycenaean Crete. |
 | Economic influence seems to have shifted to the town of Khaniá, to which a number of vases were imported from Cyprus: it is possible that the town also became the centre of political power in Crete. |
| CalendarHome.com - 14th century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia (662 words) |
 | 1380 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep II connects the Nile and the Red Sea with a canal. |
 | 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaton. |
 | 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Akhenaton, Pharaoh of Egypt. |