Aegean Bronze Age

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historical period prehistoric era

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Aegean Bronze Age canonical	5
Bronze Age Aegean	2
Early Bronze Age Aegean	2
Aegean archaeology	1
Aegean civilizations	1
Bronze Age Aegean civilization	1
Bronze Age Greece	1
Bronze Age collapse	1
Early Helladic II period	1
Early Helladic period	1
Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean	1
Late Helladic III	1
Neopalatial period	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ prehistoric era ⓘ
artStyle	figurines ⓘ fresco painting ⓘ marine-style pottery ⓘ
associatedWithSite	Akrotiri (Thera) ⓘ Gournia ⓘ Knossos ⓘ Malia ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae Phaistos ⓘ Pylos ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: 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	Greek Dark Ages ⓘ surface form: Aegean Iron Age Greek Dark Ages ⓘ
hasCenter	Crete ⓘ Aegean islands ⓘ surface form: Cyclades Greek mainland ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ
hasPart	Aegean Bronze Age self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Early Bronze Age Aegean Late Bronze Age Aegean ⓘ Middle Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Middle Bronze Age Aegean
locatedIn	Aegean Region ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Cyprus ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
writingSystem	Cretan hieroglyphs ⓘ Linear A ⓘ Linear B ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Mycenae and Tiryns → culturalPeriod → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

Bronze Age → hasEvent → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronze Age collapse

Mycenaean civilization → partOf → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean civilizations

Mycenaean civilization → chronologicalPhase → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Helladic III

Heinrich Schliemann → hasInfluenced → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean archaeology

Argive plain → importantIn → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronze Age Greece

Aegean Bronze Age → hasPart → Aegean Bronze Age self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Bronze Age Aegean

Minoan civilization → periodization → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neopalatial period

Kolona archaeological site → hasCulturalPeriod → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

Lerna → HouseOfTheTilesDate → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Helladic II period

Lerna → culturalSphere → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

Neolithic Aegean → precedes → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronze Age Aegean

Cycladic culture → partOf → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Bronze Age Aegean

Helladic culture → partOf → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

Helladic culture → hasPart → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Helladic period

Sinclair Hood → studies → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

Achaean Greece → partOf → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean

Agia Triada → era → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronze Age Aegean

Kato Zakros archaeological site → partOf → Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronze Age Aegean civilization