All of the following are accurate statements about the island of crete except:
a. it was the center of greek culture about 3,500 years ago.
b. archaeologists have discovered that it was destroyed by a massive earthquake.
c. it was the center of minoan culture.
d. it fell into rapid decline around 1500
b. c.

All of the following are accurate statements about the island of Crete except it was not the center if Greek culture about 3500 years ago and it was not destroyed by massive earthquake. The correct options among all the options given in the question are option "a" and option "b". This civilization was never destroyed by earth quakes, it was destroyed by a tsunami. 

The answer is option c.