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.