It’s a shame that the eruption of Thera led to the failure of the Minoan civilization.
Even those who continue to claim a supereruption during the 3rd m BC can’t account for either the sudden failure of the Minoan civ either 80 or around 200 years after the supposed supereruption — particularly since the ash strata left on Crete — ash purportedly from Thera — is only mm’s in thickness.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1180724/posts