Aegean Bronze Age

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The Aegean Bronze Age was a prehistoric era (c. 3200–1100 BCE) in the Aegean region marked by advanced palace-centered societies, extensive trade networks, and the flourishing of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
prehistoric era
artStyle figurines
fresco painting
marine-style pottery
associatedWithSite Akrotiri (Thera)
Gournia
Knossos
Malia
Mycenae
linked to: Mycenae and Tiryns

Phaistos
Pylos
Tiryns
linked to: Mycenae and Tiryns
characterizedBy advanced craft production
complex social hierarchies
extensive maritime trade
long-distance exchange networks
monumental architecture
palace-centered societies
use of bronze tools and weapons
chronologicalOverlap Hittite Empire
New Kingdom of Egypt
economyBasedOn agriculture
maritime trade
metallurgy
endedBy Late Bronze Age collapse
endTime circa 1100 BCE
followedBy Aegean Iron Age
linked to: Greek Dark Ages

Greek Dark Ages
hasCenter Crete
Cyclades
linked to: Aegean islands

Greek mainland
Peloponnese
hasPart Early Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age

Late Bronze Age Aegean
Middle Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Middle Bronze Age
locatedIn Aegean region
linked to: Aegean Region
majorCulture Cycladic culture
Helladic culture
Minoan civilization
Mycenaean civilization
partOf Bronze Age
precededBy Neolithic Aegean
religionFeatures goddess worship
palace cults
startTime circa 3200 BCE
tradedWith Anatolia
Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Cyprus
Levant
linked to: Levant region
writingSystem Cretan hieroglyphs
Linear A
Linear B

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Mycenae and Tiryns culturalPeriod Aegean Bronze Age
Bronze Age hasEvent Bronze Age collapse
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Mycenaean civilization partOf Aegean civilizations
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Mycenaean civilization chronologicalPhase Late Helladic III
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Heinrich Schliemann hasInfluenced Aegean archaeology
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Argive plain importantIn Bronze Age Greece
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Aegean Bronze Age hasPart Early Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Minoan civilization periodization Neopalatial period
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Lerna HouseOfTheTilesDate Early Helladic II period
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Lerna culturalSphere Aegean Bronze Age
Neolithic Aegean precedes Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Cycladic culture partOf Early Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Helladic culture partOf Aegean Bronze Age
Helladic culture hasPart Early Helladic period
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Sinclair Hood studies Aegean Bronze Age
Achaean Greece partOf Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Agia Triada era Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
Kato Zakros archaeological site partOf Bronze Age Aegean civilization
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age