Minoans around 3000 B.C.

About 3000 B.C. the city of Crete was settled by people who more than likely came from Asia. These were people who by 2000 B.C. were already settling in citites and trading with other cities around the Mediterranean Sea, and creating hieroglyphic system of writing, which more than likely came from the Egyptians. This form of hieroglyphic writing is now linear script. The Minoans built the palace centers at Knossos, Phaistos, and Kato Zakros. These palaces dominated the Cretan society. I have no idea what language they spoke but, the spoke a non Hellenic language (which is a language that has no relation to Greek), and it was probably a non Indo-European language.