c. 1700 BC:
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Akrotiri (prehistoric city),
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Greece.
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c. 1700 BC:
1450 BC: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3,
Akrotiri (prehistoric city),
Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos,
Greece.
^LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr.; Hirschboeck, Katherine K. (1984). "Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions". Nature. 307 (5947): 121–126.
doi:
10.1038/307121a0.
S2CID4370382.
^Baillie, M. G. L.; Munro, M. A. R. (1988). "Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils". Nature. 332 (6162): 344–346.
doi:
10.1038/332344a0.
S2CID4286911.
^Vogel, J. S.; et al. (1990). "Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances". Nature. 344 (6266): 534–537.
doi:
10.1038/344534a0.
S2CID4368499.