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Welcome to Minoan Lines cruise ferries booking. We are the best shipping company in Greece, and we also have itineraries for Italy. Minoan Lines was the first to offer cruise ferries booking online, that’s why we are an innovative shipping company in Greece. We deal with Greek and Italian trips. At Minoan.gr we have the most innovative cruise ferries booking system.
Minoan Lines on Line cruise ferries booking
We have dealt with cruise ferries in Greece and Italy with on line booking for so many years that we have optimized our cruise ferries booking system at its best. We use the safest way for your booking, SSL certificates. If you are looking for ferries in Greece with cruise ferries booking, this is the place to be. Minoan Lines is the leading company for ferries in Greece. We own 6 ultra-modern ships and we have itineraries from Greece to Italy and vice-versa. Minoan Lines travels you to seven destinations in Greece and abroad. So, you can travel to Piraeus, Patra, Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Heraklion and Venice. Minoan Lines has perfectly skilled personnel who will take care of all your needs during the trip, with safety and assurance.
The history of Greece by Minoan Lines
We were thinking of a way to persuade you to visit the most beautiful country of Europe, Greece (or Hellas). Later we realized that by just showing you the history of Greece you will see yourself that Greece is a place you should visit. Minoan Lines with its on line cruise ferries booking engine has the ability to offer you the experience and enjoyment of travelling in Greece on a Greek Minoan vessel. To begin with, the earliest civilization to ever appear around Greece was the Minoan civilization in Crete, which lasted approximately from 2700 (Early Minoan) BC to 1450 BC, and the Early Helladic period on the Greek mainland from ca. 2800 BC to 2100 BC. Little specific information is known about the Minoans (even the name is a modern appellation, from Minos, the legendary king of Crete). They have been characterized as a pre-Indo-European people, apparently the linguistic ancestors of the Eteo-Cretan speakers of Classical Antiquity, their language being encoded in the undeciphered Linear A script. They were primarily mercantile people engaged in overseas trade, taking advantage of the land's rich natural resources. Timber at that time was an abundant natural resource that was commercially exploited and exported to nearby lands such as Cyprus, Egypt and the Aegean Islands. Although the causes of their demise are uncertain, they were eventually invaded by the Mycenaeans from mainland Greece. This invasion took place around 1400 BCE, and in conjunction with the Thera eruption, it presents a likely scenario for the final end of the Minoan civilization. According to this theory, the Minoan fleet and ports were irrevocably destroyed by colossal Mediterranean waves. Possible climatic changes affected crops for many years, which in turn could have led to famine and social breakdown. The Mycenaean invaders wrote the final chapter of a civilization that flourished for some 1600 years. |
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