Aegean civilization

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Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. It encompasses the Minoan civilization of Crete, the Cycladic culture on the Cyclades, and the Helladic cultures of the mainland, whose later phases are known as the Mycenaean civilization. The Aegean cultures shared a common origin in the Early European Farmers who brought agriculture to Neolithic Greece and before 5000 BC. During the Bronze Age, they were influenced by commercial and political interactions with neighbors such as the Egyptians and Hittites, as well as new migrant groups such as those that introduced the Proto-Greek language. Though the cultures showed considerable regional variation, they converged to a common Aegean koine towards the end of the Bronze Age.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Author Spruner von Merz, Karl, 1803-1892 Date 1855, Public domain