COMPARATIVE TIMELINE FOCUSING ON AEGEAN/MINOAN   3000 BCE 2000 BCE 1700 BCE 1600 BCE 1500 BCE 1450 BCE 1400 BCE 1300 BCE 1200 BCE Crete Prepalatial EMI - III Protopalatial MMI - II First palaces Knossos, Phaistos Earthquakes destroy palaces MMII/III Neopalatial MMIIIA - B Rebuilding of Knossos and Phaistos begin Late Minoan (LMIA) Rebuilding of Knossos complete Late Minoan (LMIB) Late Minoan (LMII) Late Minoan (LMIIIA) Earthquake destroys 2nd Knossos palace Late Minoan (LMIIIB) Late Minoan (LMIIIC) Cyclades Early Cycladic Middle Cycladic   Late Cycladic           Mainland Greece Early Helladic Middle Helladic   Late Helladic I Late Helladic II Late Helladic IIB Late Helladic IIIA Late Helladic IIIB Late Helladic IIIC Egypt Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom       Nineteenth Dynasty Ramses III (1198 - 1166BCE)