Aegean civilizations - Religion, Deities & Ritual Practices

Aegean civilizations

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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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