The Ming Dynasty ruled their empire for almost 300 years, prospered from freer private trade and industry and with trade with Europeans, and then it fell due to internal rebellions and the attack of the Manchus.
Svoboda New Member Joined: Feb 23, 2013. Messages: 0. Likes Received: 0. The most distinguishing factor of the Minoans is that they traded in bronze objects. This is very important as they were in the Bronze Age, a time where advanced agriculture appeared in the Aegean Sea (where they were based) and this flourished. The Aegean Sea is based in Greece.
All this pales in comparison to the fact that the Minoans had the first example of Western written language in Linear B. Mycenae overtook Minoa as the dominant force in the Mediterranean around 1600 BC, and it is suspected that they had a hand in wiping out the Minoan civilization around 1450 BC.