As I stated in a previous comment, there is evidence that suggests that women ran the place.https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjSwajzo-_ZAhUBSa0KHTLcBHwQFggpMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.ku.edu%2F2017%2F06%2F09%2Fart-religious-artifacts-support-idea-minoan-matriarchy-ancient-crete-researcher-says&usg=AOvVaw0z2MTLaCVsyjAR974zINts It was later conquered by the Mycenaeans, basically if women run your society, it makes it ripe for conquest.
Well, the Minoans were a Proto-Hellenic (supposedly matriarchal) civilization that inhabited what is now Crete. They were later conquered by the Mycenae.
Godzilla; guy kills his enemies and returns to the ocean, roaring in triumph, while the people cheer. But in the end, he's only fighting for his own survival.