Places
- Crete: Topic PageGr. Kríti, island, SE Greece, in the E Mediterranean Sea, c.60 mi (100 km) from the Greek mainland.
- Knossos: Topic PageMiddle and Late Bronze Age settlement, 8 km/5 mi south of present-day Iraklion, Crete.
- Latium: Topic PageIAn ancient territory in W central Italy, in modern Lazio, on the Tyrrhenian Sea: inhabited by the Latin people from the 10th century BC until dominated by Rome.
- Mediterranean Sea: Topic PageInland sea separating Europe from north Africa, with Asia to the east; extreme length 3,860 km/2,400 mi; area 2,966,000 sq km/1,145,000 sq mi.
- Thrace: Topic PageThe Thracian Bronze Age was similar to that of Mycenaean Greece, and the Thracians had developed high forms of music and poetry, but their savage warfare led the Greeks to consider them barbarians.
Culture
- Cycladic Art
From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Bronze Age art of the Cyclades, an island group of the central Aegean. - Etruscan ArtFrom Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(c. 8th-4th centuries BC) Art of the people of Etruria. Characteristic achievements are the wall frescoes-painted in two-dimensional style-and realistic terra-cotta portraits found in tombs. Bronze reliefs and sculptures are also common. - Linear A/Linear BFrom Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
The Linear B script was in used in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean greece in the period between 1450 and 1200 b.c.
Peoples
- Minoan civilization: Topic PageAncient Cretan culture representing a stage in the development of the Aegean civilization.
- Mycenaean civilization: Topic PageAn ancient Aegean civilization known from the excavations at Mycenae and other sites.
Copley Library
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