A Detailed History Of The Minoan Civilization: Europe’s First Civilization Which Was Black
December 29, 2020 1912
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The Minoan civilization was the first advanced civilization to
appear on the European soil. This civilization which existed before the Greek
civilization (the first white civilization in history) began around 3200 BCE (a time which is referred to as
the bronze age) in the city of Crete (an island located in Southern Greece)
which was also called " Kefti" by the ancient Egyptians.
The name "Minoan" is derived from the name of the man
"Minos" who according to the work of the 20th century British
archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, is believed to be a king who lived in the
legendary Bronze Age. Besides the work of Sir Arthur Evans, the genealogy of
this man has been significantly discussed by other renowned ancient Greek
historians including Diodorus of Sicily, Hecataeus of Abdera, and Herodotus.
This civilization is believed by many to have an African nature,
but this belief has been vehemently disputed by many also.
Still, could the belief that this civilization has an African
nature be true?
Below is a list of evidence
to prove this belief.
- According to the Greek records of the origin of Minos, Minos is said to be the grandson of an ancient Egyptian whose name was Agenor. Agenor was a black man married to a black woman from the Nile. The records further say that this couple had two children: a son (Cadmos) and a daughter (Europa), who grew up and later settled in Phoenicia and Crete. Minos is said to be the offspring of Agenor's daughter and he was born in Crete.
Therefore, Minos was black. His name is reminiscent of Menes or
Narmer who was the first pharaoh of unified Egypt. It is also believed that the continent
"Europe" was derived from his mother's name "Europa".
- Osteological evidence
The typical black man has a long head front to rear (Dolichocephalic),
a skull short from top to bottom with a protruding jaw and a flat nasal bone.
The black man’s osteological characteristics are an opposite of the White European’s.
According to the results of the analysis of the skulls collected
in Crete, which was published in1939 by American anthropologist Carleton A.
Coon in his book, The Races of Europe, the collected Cretan skulls were
a little smaller and shorter face. The results of McGeorge's study of the
Minoans demography, physical variation, and affinities in 1983 further states
that Early/middle Minoan period had a higher preponderance of dolichocephalic
skulls when compared with the White Europeans skulls (Brachycephalic).
These results further prove that the Minoans had short and dolichocephalic
skulls like Africans.
-Genetic Evidence
From the results of the 2013 archaeogenetics study of the compared
skeletal DNA of ancient Minoan skeletons that were sealed in a cave in the
Lasithi Plateau between 3,700 and 4,400 years ago, to 135 samples from Greece,
Anatolia, western and northern Europe, North Africa, and Egypt, it was found
that the Minoan skeletons were genetically very similar to modern-day Europeans
and especially close to modern-day Cretans, particularly those from the Lasithi
Plateau.
Other findings say that the Minoans arrived in Crete 9000 years
ago when compared to the latest studies indicate that the white man appeared in
Crete 7,700 years ago. This means that before the appearance of the white man,
there were only black people in Europe.
Some findings also claim that the Minoans were from West Asia but
they were also black. Still, these findings leave out the details of the craniological
and genetic analyses made on these ancient peoples of West Asia, whose samples
were taken up by Jeffery R. Hughey. These analyzed sample results showed that
the Minoans were African.
The Minoans have also been said to be related to the first
continental Greeks who were called Pelasgians, a people who were blacks.
Also, the present-day Europeans have the Minoans DNA and all these
affirms that the people who founded the first civilization in Europe were a
black people originally from Africa, who also passed through Asia.
The Minoan Civilization
- The Minoans' African Religion And Organization
The Minoan society was Matrilineal and women held the highest
administrative and religious offices. Their society had no considerable army
and the people solely depended on Agriculture.
Their organization rubbed its way into their beliefs. They believed that creation was the work of a female god who also had many forms. The Goddess was represented as a woman carrying her child. Their religion was centered on the worship of deities and they engaged in sports like bull-jumping and ritual bull sacrifice to honor the gods and raise the dead.
The Minoans worshipped their deities and glorified their goddesses
in grottoes, groves, and caves as they sought to connect with the divine through
the beauty of nature. They believed in reincarnation or an afterlife.
They also believed that vegetation was a young God who died and rose
again every year.
The Minoans also buried their dead with the dead personal
belongings because they thought that the dead will live in the afterlife as they
lived in their lifetime.
- Architecture and Science
The Minoans had a series of writing systems including the hieroglyph.
They also crossed the seas and traded with continental Europe.
Their sovereigns who were called "Priest-Kings" had
autonomous rule over city-states and each city had an organized palace.
Minoan architecture was greatly influenced by Egyptian
architecture. This could be seen by the appearance of columns and hypostyle
rooms around 1600 BC.
- The Decline and Legacy Of The Minoan Civilization
Plagued by the explosion of the neighboring island of Santorini in
1700 BC, and the conquest of its country by the barbaric white Achaean tribes, coming from
northern Europe in 1400 BC, the civilization faced a decline and subsequent
annihilation.
Despite all, the existence of the Minoan civilization cannot be disputed, and the roots of these people who lived in a time past will not be forgotten.