How to Use Minoan in a Sentence
Minoan
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Minoan culture was a big influence on things that are happening in the sequel.
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Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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One of the societies most affected was the Minoan civilization, based on Crete.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Cleghorn notes that many Minoan women died between the ages of twenty and twenty-five, indicating that childbearing was most likely the cause of death.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Her book begins with a consideration of birth practices among women from the Minoan civilization—Bronze Age inhabitants of the island of Crete, whose deities included a goddess of childbirth.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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The most catastrophic outburst of its volcano, in roughly 1600 BCE, contributed to the end of the seafaring Minoan civilization.
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Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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