The radiocarbon samples showed that the age extended from about 1700 B.C. to 1400 B.C . If correct , the earlier date would require a critical re-examination of cultural and trade relationships at the time between Minoan Crete , Mycenaean Greece and Cyprus , on the one hand , and the civilizations of Egypt and the rest of the Middle East .
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