Didn’t the Cretans evacuate and move and become the Philistines of the “Old Testament’?...........
I have seen that before but have no idea if it is true.
I think they were called “the sea people”?
(KJV) In Genesis 10:14 the Philistim (presumably Philistines) are said to come from Casluhim, or possibly Pathrusim and Casluhim; in Deuteronomy 2:23 "the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor" destroyed Avims of Hazerim; in Jeremiah 47:4 the Philistines are described as "the remnant of the country of Caphtor"; in Amos 9:7 has "the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir".
Caphtor was Cyprus (and not Crete, as is so often claimed). Besides the similarity of the name, if Cyprus is not Caphtor, there is no Biblical reference to Cyprus, which is implausible, to say the least. In Egyptian texts, Cyprus/Caphtor is Keftiu (note the similarity), but again, some claim Keftiu was Crete.