Aegean civilizations

Introduction
Dating of the Aegean Bronze Age
History of exploration
Early Aegean civilizations
- Early cultures
  - Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
  - Neolithic (New Stone Age)
- The Bronze Age
  - The Early Bronze Age (c. 3000–2200)
  - End of the Early Bronze Age on the mainland (c. 2200–2000)
  - The Middle Bronze Age on the mainland (c. 2000–1550)
  - The Cyclades
  - The Shaft Grave Period on the mainland (c. 1600–1450)
  - Period of the Early Palaces in Crete (c. 2000–1700)
  - Period of the Late Palaces in Crete (c. 1700–1450)
The decline of the early Aegean civilizations
- The eruption of Thera (c. 1500) and the conquest of Crete (c. 1450)
  - A new social order
  - The Linear B texts
  - The fusion of cultures on Crete
  - The mainland
  - Eastward explorations
- The end of the Bronze Age in the Aegean
  - Shifts in populations
  - New foreign elements
- The people of the Aegean Bronze Age
  - Dress
  - Society
  - Trade
  - Transport
  - Warfare
  - Religion

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Map of the Aegean region highlighting principal archaeological sites associated with ancient Aegean civilizations around 1250 BCE. The map shows mainland Greece, western Anatolia, and numerous islands in the Aegean Sea, with key locations such as Mycenae, Knossos, Troy, and Athens labeled.

warrior armed with a figure-of-eight shield and boar's-tusk helmet

Cycladic sculpture

At a Glance

warrior armed with a figure-of-eight shield and boar's-tusk helmet

Aegean civilizations summary

Aegean civilizations: Media

ancient history

Images

Map of the Aegean region highlighting principal archaeological sites associated with ancient Aegean civilizations around 1250 BCE. The map shows mainland Greece, western Anatolia, and numerous islands in the Aegean Sea, with key locations such as Mycenae, Knossos, Troy, and Athens labeled.

Aegean civilization sites

Principal sites associated with Aegean civilizations.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

warrior armed with a figure-of-eight shield and boar's-tusk helmet

warrior armed with a figure-of-eight shield and boar's-tusk helmet

Warrior armed with a figure-of-eight shield and boar's-tusk helmet, ivory relief,...

Cliche, Ecole Francaise d'Archeologie, Athenes

Cycladic sculpture

Cycladic sculpture

Marble Cycladic sculpture from Amorgós, Greece, 2500 bce;...

Emile Serafis

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