Did the Cycladic Have a Written Language?

Almost everybody was illiterate considering the literacy rate was less than 1%; and they didn't have a written language. The Cycladic culture is split into three time periods, but they were all in the bronze age.

Did the Minoans have a written language?

Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans (Cretans) from 1800 to 1450 BC to write the hypothesized Minoan language. Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It was discovered by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.

How did the Minoans write?

The Linear A script was the writing system used by the Minoan civilization. Examples of this script have been recovered from Cretan sites such as Hagia Triada, Knossos, and Phaistos.

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