Minoan vs. Mycenaean

Minoan

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient civilization of the island of Crete, dating from about 3000 to 1100 b.c.

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.

Mycenaean

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.

  2. denoting or pertaining to the ancient civilization at Mycenae, dating from c2000 to c1100 b.c.

noun

  1. Also called Mycenaean Greek. the earliest recorded Greek dialect, written in the Linear B syllabary and dating from the 15th through the 13th centuries b.c.