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 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 ⓘ

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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
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