Greeks Ancient Greece Begins around 2,000 B.C. Civilization on the Island of Crete Geography - Islands, mountains Civilizations develops in fragments Greek peninsula between Ionian & Aegean Seas Aegean Age Minoan - begins on island of Crete. 2,000 B.C. - 1450 B.C. Mycenaean (1450 B.C. - 1150 B.C.) Trojan War : 1200 B.C. Beginning of Greek Civilization