The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts
Gold 'Mask of Agamemnon', Greece, 1550 BC
Marble figurine, Cycladic culture, 2700 BC
Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete
Minoan rhyton, Crete, 1500 BC
Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this te
Bronze Age Europe
…and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts with the Aegean Bronze Age c. 3200 BC and the Maykop culture in the North Caucasus c. 3500 BC, and spans the entire 3rd and 2nd millennia BC (including the Únětice culture…
Reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos