Abrupt End of the Minoans 1600BC

minoan snake goddess The protopalatial era began with social upheaval, external dangers, and migrations from mainland Greece and Asia Minor. During this time the Minoans began establishing colonies at Thera, Rodos, Melos, and Kithira.

Around 2000 BC a new political system was established with authority concentrated around a central figure – a king. The first large palaces were founded and acted as centers for their respective communities, while at the same time they developed a bureaucratic administration which permeated Minoan society. Distinctions between the classes forged a social hierarchy and divided the people into nobles, peasants, and perhaps slaves.

After its tumultuous beginning, this was a peaceful and prosperous period for the Minoans who continued to trade with Egypt and the Middle East, while they constructed a paved road network to connect the major cultural centers. This period also marks the development of some settlements outside the palaces, and the end of the extensive use of tholos tombs.

The palaces of the period were destroyed in 1600 BC by forces unknown to us . Speculation blames the destruction either on a powerful earthquake, or on outside invaders. Some now suggest a passage of a possible Planet X may have triggered cataclysms on earth around 3600 years ago.

About the Author

articledash has written 13 stories on this site.

49 Comments on “Abrupt End of the Minoans 1600BC”

  • jorfand12 wrote on 18 February, 2009, 16:09

    we will let a planet defeat us? no way!!

  • canadamonster wrote on 19 February, 2009, 22:26

    everyone better stock up with food , water and medical supplies before 2012

  • sh4dyp wrote on 21 February, 2009, 18:17

    what if planet X is our homeland..

  • 5gir55 wrote on 22 February, 2009, 17:37

    litarily war of the worlds i want aliens to come so we can have a war with aliens and not our selves

  • nickthenife1 wrote on 23 February, 2009, 13:50

    wtf… there is no aliens on it but it is there. all it does is fuck up our ecosystem killing millions. oh by the way in 2012 the population of the world is estimated to be 6.66billion! 666! wtf. i found this on Wikipedia.

  • Ginner1272 wrote on 23 February, 2009, 22:39

    you can’t get to heaven without accepting christ as your savior buddy. Well in my religion anyway, but i do think everyone should be able to have their own beliefs and people should stop harrassing other ppl about their views.

  • metallicaweed wrote on 26 February, 2009, 6:19

    I Think this thing could be what brings use as humans and mankind
    togther to not fight each other but ONE
    enimey and we be one huge army and kick alien ass LOL

  • thevirgintongues wrote on 26 February, 2009, 23:08

    does anybody take into account that the entire world doesn’t even give a flying fuck about this except for america and maybe a few insane brits? you guys are fuckin paranoid! too much x-files…. its interesting, but someone show me PROOF that planet x exists and then maybe i will change my tune.

  • Whiteandorange wrote on 27 February, 2009, 15:57

    what ignorant idiots who dont know how to read someone’s comments gave you a “-2″, I can’t even imagine

    kudos for ” think everyone should be able to have their own beliefs and people should stop harrassing other ppl about their views”

  • Glassybubbles1231234 wrote on 3 March, 2009, 5:36

    any ways with the nukelear capability of the world i mean come on ………

    if we gave two shits we all would b building some particalcannon or summut

  • GhostXThief wrote on 3 March, 2009, 23:37

    I do believe the world will come to an end, but I’m not exactly sure if its 2012..

    Alright, please, everyone, don’t flame me for stating my religious view for I am about to say something.

    As a believer of Christ, its His decision to end the world the way and time He wants. For all we know, it could be right now or the next day. Its His decision and it isn’t in our choices to pinpoint when for Him.

  • lordSabazios666 wrote on 4 March, 2009, 4:01

    if not true then it’s it’s not true ; and if it is,then im fucking ready for 2012 dooms day haha

  • c00lwatter wrote on 6 March, 2009, 10:09

    When faced with something they cannot base in their perception of reality, they tend to debunk it as being unreal, even if evidence exists of it. Perception is NOT reality (paranoid delusionals, for example) and obsevation is not always fact (hence illusion). Belief, or acceptance is not necessary… prepare your life so that you can survive any situation. Pragmatism.

  • c00lwatter wrote on 6 March, 2009, 10:12

    It is very possible that these Annunaki modified humans in such a way as to seem things like Gold, Jewels money etc. I see these things as quite pointless as they offer nothing for our survival yet people have killed each other to obtain them. Why would you stress yourself over things that are DANGEROUS to our bodies and minds.

  • sumadartsan wrote on 9 March, 2009, 7:54

    Seems like you watched the movie Independence Day.

  • kenken0 wrote on 10 March, 2009, 11:54

    So if that planet comes back every 3600 years, 36000 years or even 360000 years to ’cause disasters’, that won’t matter. Humans will still live, as they’ve lived for some millions of years on Earth. But this time, we run the opportunity to study that crossing planet with greater details.

  • maradrew wrote on 12 March, 2009, 18:27

    that will be better..

  • jameswx09 wrote on 14 March, 2009, 17:27

    all the ppl who believe this need jesus 4 real

  • thegame100gunzandcli wrote on 16 March, 2009, 11:28

    i have a theroy what if mankind were cave men and the anunaki manipulated the gene of stone aged man into what we are today? we all know people in todays time can pick the skin eye color and hair color of there 3 month old child. people fail to realise that the bible is a book based on what the ancients saw. it even says jesus was a prophet

  • muddyfox1963 wrote on 17 March, 2009, 22:18

    thegame100gunzandcli its not a theory anymore. Please search for the Human Genome Project – a $13B project w/c started in 1990 and finished in 13 yrs. They discovered 223 genes in humans with “alien” origins not coming from the vertical tree of life shared by all living things. The genes were traced down to the last 200,000 yrs.

  • snottspott wrote on 18 March, 2009, 4:34

    your an idiot

  • THCmuzicmaster wrote on 19 March, 2009, 18:05

    amerikkka is building the largest ever partical laser beam ever to be created, to be ready and operational by 2012..

  • RadioaktiveScientist wrote on 31 March, 2009, 0:58

    It won’t happen. if this thing has been around forever, and uh—–>you think amerikkka is gonna stop this planet. NOTHING THAT THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH CAN STOP IT, best thing you and I could do is sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

  • madhatfaesax wrote on 4 April, 2009, 23:27

    iff galaxies rip each other apart without ever hittng a planet or star in the process a doubt that there will be a collision ,.,tho it duz happen rarly

  • 0009ad wrote on 5 April, 2009, 11:25

    im not high educated man,but! their still a sumerian symbols indecate 2 angels guarding the symbol sign of god sun and the moon inside of the giant one flying above them..it means not evry symbols of sumerian like the flying one is a UFO…how about if their is a true angel flying in the sky in the mid air..compair to the flying disk or a UFO..what would you think,? UFO”s are true i believe that because i saw 5 times in the sky…but the only thing i dont understand is the nibiru is closer to

  • fuckthepolitician420 wrote on 17 August, 2009, 6:39

    it happens every 3600 years. i wonder why there is no historical record of it ? maybe because it doesn’t exist like god. the only reason the idea of these mythologies continue is due to word of mouth brainwashing children an unintelligent people. the natural disasters are chance, if ww1/2 happened 3600 years ago i suppose it was caused by planet x.

  • X140481 wrote on 22 August, 2009, 12:03

    One Niburu with ketchup and chips, please ;p

  • WonderBread006 wrote on 23 August, 2009, 13:13

    ahhaha, the bitch at 4:11 smoked too much..fucking pig deserves it

  • lancerralliartist wrote on 25 August, 2009, 9:36

    haha random

  • lancerralliartist wrote on 25 August, 2009, 9:40

    it should be an interesting year end of the world or not.. alot of new video games and tech.. hopefully scientists will focus on technology and cures instead of transgender operations and penis enlargement pills =/.. watch idiocracy the movie.. very scary movie

  • spiralsoflight wrote on 26 August, 2009, 2:00

    Buy real estate on planet X while it’s hot!

  • spiralsoflight wrote on 26 August, 2009, 2:02

    I’m telling you buy land on Planet X now.

  • lil0crackah wrote on 28 August, 2009, 15:09

    how is it possible for a planet to have an orbit like that? it would juts fly away

  • TheBadbloke wrote on 4 September, 2009, 11:19

    we need to build lighter and more fuel to spectate everything if there is other live we can meet them

  • omerthe3rd wrote on 4 September, 2009, 20:56

    common if they come after every 3600 years than Moses must have seen them and should have also told us about them .. but there is nothing .. and if it brings this much of catastrophe then how come all of out fragile ancient buildings are intact and there is no sign of major catastrophe on every ruin at the same time.. and how come all of those species and animals are still prospering without any suffering?? someone tell me please who believes in this planet thingi !!

  • ART33N wrote on 15 September, 2009, 2:10

    Hella ya im Assyrian my ancestors are coming back!!!!

  • DjGisME wrote on 23 September, 2009, 19:57

    Guys I went on Google Earth couple of weeks ago and found bright star very near the Sun noticable larger than oter stars. I marked it “Planet X” then posted few comments on YouTube for you to look – when I came back few days later to look again – STAR DISSAPEARED!!! That means Google people are looking and they just removed that planet from Gogle Sky!!! Even my description dissapeared! There must be something to hide then! This comment may also dissapear soon ;]

  • DjGisME wrote on 23 September, 2009, 19:57

    Guys I went on Google Earth couple of weeks ago and found bright star very near the Sun noticable larger than oter stars. I marked it “Planet X” then posted few comments on YouTube for you to look – when I came back few days later to look again – STAR DISSAPEARED!!! That means Google people are looking and they just removed that planet from Gogle Sky!!! Even my deion dissapeared! There must be something to hide then! This comment may also dissapear soon ;]

  • UFCWithFriends wrote on 8 October, 2009, 23:40

    Or or or! Maybe you guys are idiots and the world will end whenever god wants it to!

  • klasifyz wrote on 15 October, 2009, 7:33

    IDIOTS, do God want us all to die??

  • juplm4000 wrote on 20 October, 2009, 14:58

    who is god? :P

  • padawan007 wrote on 21 October, 2009, 5:14

    i saw the coordinates of planet x on a forum the planet is very far from our solar system man

  • blackbull1011 wrote on 27 October, 2009, 22:57

    ohhh nooo the end is nearrr runnnn

  • xetlive wrote on 28 October, 2009, 2:43

    ET phone home!

  • pow1969 wrote on 31 October, 2009, 23:55

    planet Nibiru exist I have 100% proof we are all doomed sad to say but this is how the planet renews itself of a cancer and that cancer is the human race of course. I know this to be true through years of researching astrology, geology, biology and anthropology
    every 3600 years something on a catastrophic level occurs a sudden and widespread disaster that wipes out 90%of all life forms
    on a personal note give all you’re earning over to NASA or donate to me for further info on survival

  • vasilisv wrote on 2 November, 2009, 22:56

    Right man but the God shown us too what will happen these days. It is not the Second coming but the biggest battle between good and evil till the Second coming.

  • sksc86 wrote on 8 November, 2009, 21:39

    You People are the perfect example of the closed mindedness that makes our race a bunch of morons. It has been recorded in Sumerian writing, the oldest recorded language to date (around 10000 BC) that the Gods come from the Heaven (in there text meant sky). Note also that it is now thought that The Spinx in Egypt is now thought to be dated around 10000 BC. If you look at hieroglyphics, you will find alien looking beings. Look at how advanced we are, and our buildings can’t last 100 years!!!!

  • sksc86 wrote on 8 November, 2009, 21:43

    Have You Looked At Sumerian Writings buddy?? Lets Take That Back to hmm say 10000 BC??? That would be what? The oldest known language recorded?? I believe so! Sumerians, in text, believed that there Gods lived among them, but that they came from the heaven (in there text meant sky). Also take into account that the Ancient Egyptians had hieroglyphics depicting Alien Like Beings, With Scientist Saying There Is No Possible Way They Built The Pyramids On There Own.

  • amanonthemarsz wrote on 13 November, 2009, 2:55

    FUCK Planet X !!!!

Copyright © 2010 ArticleDash. All rights reserved.