På Kreta har der for flere tusind år siden været en kultur, som vi i dag kalder den 'minoiske kultur
' eller helt fejlagtig for minoiske civilisation.
*dmoz: [http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Periods_and_Cultures/Minoan_and_Mycenaean/ Minoan and Mycenaean] *[http://projectsx.dartmouth.edu/classics/history/bronze_age/ Dartmouth: The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean], [http://projectsx.dartmouth.edu/classics/history/bronze_age/lessons/les/5.html Lesson 5: The Early Minoan Period:The Settlements] *[http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~perlman/myth/linb.htm Prehistoric documents from Crete: Linear B and Linear A compared] *[http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21123a/e211wa03.html Knossos]