Well the Minoan Culture did get owned around 1650-1640 B.C. by that Volcanic Eruption in the Central to Eastern Mediteranian. They were a culture that
didn't know war, and was Matriarchal, and women held equal status or even more importance than men. This is where original bull "fighting" started,
except they wouldn't kill the bull(no information points to killing the bulls), they'd perform dancing and acrobatics while avoiding the bull and
using the bull to jump from / flip from etc.
They were close trading allies with Egypt, and they are where Egypt got alot of rare Gold and such, because the Minoans, awesome naval navigators, had
already been to Western Africa, and were collecting the Gold and other priceless stuff out near Timbuktu / Mauritania.
Some suspect the volcanic eruption sole handidly caused all the effects listed in Exodus. I dont believe that because that would mean Moses wouldve
had to have taken a northern coastal route to escape Egypt, and the Red Sea is further inland soto speak. Unless the tsunami came from the South to
Southeast.
[edit on 12/30/2007 by runetang]



