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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period → prehistoric era →
artStyle	figurines → fresco painting → marine-style pottery →
associatedWithSite	Akrotiri (Thera) → Gournia → Knossos → Malia → Mycenae → Phaistos → Pylos → 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 → Greek Dark Ages →
hasCenter	Crete → Cyclades → Greek mainland → Peloponnese →
hasPart	Early Bronze Age Aegean → Late Bronze Age Aegean → Middle Bronze Age Aegean →
locatedIn	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 → Cyprus → Levant →
writingSystem	Cretan hieroglyphs → Linear A → Linear B →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mycenaean civilization ("Late Helladic III") →	chronologicalPhase
Mycenae and Tiryns →	culturalPeriod
Bronze Age ("Bronze Age collapse") →	hasEvent
Heinrich Schliemann ("Aegean archaeology") →	hasInfluenced
Aegean Bronze Age ("Early Bronze Age Aegean") →	hasPart
Argive plain ("Bronze Age Greece") →	importantIn
Mycenaean civilization ("Aegean civilizations") →	partOf
Minoan civilization ("Neopalatial period") →	periodization