Mycenaean civilization

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Bronze Age civilization ancient Greek civilization archaeological culture

The Mycenaean civilization was a Late Bronze Age Greek culture known for its fortified palace centers, Linear B script, and role as the setting for many events later immortalized in Homeric epics.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Mycenaean civilization canonical	29
Mycenaean Greece	11
Mycenaean period	5
Mycenaeans	3
Mycenaean Greeks	2
Mycenaean architecture	2
Mycenaean culture	2
Achaean Greeks	1
Heroic Age	1
Late Helladic period	1
Mycenaean	1
Mycenaean art	1
Mycenaean bureaucracy	1
Mycenaean era (mythic setting)	1
Mycenaean era (traditional attribution)	1
Mycenaean expansion	1
Mycenaean section	1
ancient Mycenae	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age civilization ⓘ ancient Greek civilization ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod	Late Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Late Helladic
associatedWithEvent	Trojan War tradition ⓘ
associatedWithWork	Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Homer’s Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
capital	Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae
chronologicalPhase	Late Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Late Helladic I Late Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Late Helladic II Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Late Helladic III
collapse	part of Late Bronze Age collapse ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ bronze metallurgy ⓘ palace-centered redistribution ⓘ textile production ⓘ
endTime	c. 1100 BCE ⓘ
follows	Minoan civilization ⓘ
hasDeity	Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
hasRulerTitle	lawagetas ⓘ wanax ⓘ
hasSite	Gla ⓘ Iolkos ⓘ Knossos ⓘ Midea ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae Orchomenus ⓘ surface form: Orchomenos Pylos ⓘ Thebes ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Tiryns
hasStructure	Lion Gate at Mycenae ⓘ
hasTomb	Treasury of Atreus ⓘ
knownFor	Homeric epic tradition setting ⓘ early form of Greek language ⓘ elaborate gold grave goods ⓘ extensive trade networks ⓘ fortified palace centers ⓘ megaron-type palaces ⓘ militaristic society ⓘ palatial bureaucracy ⓘ shaft graves ⓘ tholos tombs ⓘ
language	Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Region ⓘ surface form: Aegean region Peloponnese ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
materialCulture	Linear B inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Linear B tablets cyclopean masonry ⓘ inlaid bronze swords ⓘ stirrup jars ⓘ warrior kraters ⓘ
partOf	Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Aegean civilizations
politicalStructure	palace-based kingdoms ⓘ
religion	polytheism ⓘ
sharesDeitiesWith	later Greek religion ⓘ
startTime	c. 1600 BCE ⓘ
successor	Greek Dark Ages ⓘ
tradesWith	Anatolia ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
usesScript	Linear B ⓘ
writingSystem	Linear B ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mycenae and Tiryns → associatedWithCivilization → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Calypso → mythologicalEra → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heroic Age

Magna Graecia → foundedBy → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks

Attica → wasPartOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Aegean Sea → historicallyAssociatedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Bronze Age → associatedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaeans

Crete → conqueredBy → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greeks

Peloponnese → wasCenterOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Demeter → mythologicalPeriod → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Penelope → timePeriodOfMyth → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean era (mythic setting)

Greeks → historicalPredecessor → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greeks

Linear B inscriptions → associatedWithCulture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Heinrich Schliemann → fieldOfWork → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Argive plain → regionOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Atreid dynasty → country → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Cyclopean masonry → associatedWithCulture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Cyclopean masonry → timePeriod → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Helladic period

Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Mycenaean Greek → usedIn → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Mycenaean Greek → hasAlternativeName → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean

Argolid → wasCenterOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Aegean Bronze Age → majorCulture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Late Bronze Age → overlapsWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Minoan civilization → influenced → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Minoan civilization → declineAssociatedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean expansion

Argos → historicalPeriod → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Nuragic civilization → tradedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Classical Greek architecture → influencedBy → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean architecture

Pylos → partOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Argolis → hasHeritage → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Arcadocypriot Greek → historicalPeriod → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean period

Sthenelus → ethnicGroup → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaeans

Orchomenus → hasHeritage → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Achaeans → alliedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaeans

Linear B → associatedCivilization → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Midea → partOf → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Midea → culture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean culture

Gla → culture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Iolkos → timePeriod → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean era (traditional attribution)

lawagetas → culture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

lawagetas → region → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

lawagetas → category → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean bureaucracy

Greek Dark Ages → follows → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Greek Dark Ages → precededBy → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

Lion Gate at Mycenae → architecturalStyle → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean architecture

Lion Gate at Mycenae → culture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Treasury of Atreus → culture → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

Sophia Engastromenos → associatedWith → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Mycenae

Late Bronze Age collapse → affectedCivilization → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mycenaean Greece

John Chadwick → studies → Mycenaean civilization ⓘ