Wayewar Minoan a Crete ta daɗe daga kusan c.3000 KZ (Early Minoan) zuwa c.1400 KZ, da al'adun Helladic akan babban yankin Girka daga c.3200-c.3100 da c.2000-c.1900.An san ƙayyadaddun takamaiman bayani game da Minoans (ko da sunan Minoans shine roƙon zamani, wanda aka samo daga Minos, almara sarkin Crete), gami da tsarin rubutun su, wanda aka rubuta akan rubutun Linear A da ba a bayyana ba da kuma Cretan hieroglyphs.Da farko dai ’yan kasuwa ne da ke yin kasuwanci da yawa a ketare a duk yankin Bahar Rum.Wayewar Minoan ta shafi wasu bala'o'i na halitta kamar fashewar volcanic a Thera (c. 1628-1627 KZ) da girgizar ƙasa (kimanin 1600 KZ).A cikin 1425 KZ, gidajen sarauta na Minoan (sai dai Knossos) sun lalace ta hanyar wuta, wanda ya ba da damar Helenawa na Mycenaean, wanda al'adun Minoans suka rinjayi, su fadada zuwa Crete.Wayewar Minoan wacce ta gabaci wayewar Mycenaean akan Crete an bayyana shi ga duniyar zamani ta Sir Arthur Evans a cikin 1900, lokacin da ya saya sannan ya fara tono wani wuri a Knossos.