 According
to
Wikipedia: "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 term: Crete,
the Cyclades and
the Greek mainland Crete is associated with the Minoan
civilization from the Early Bronze Age. The Cycladic
civilization converges with the mainland during
the Early
Helladic ("Minyan")
period and with Crete in the Middle
Minoan period. From c. 1450 BC (Late Helladic,
Late Minoan), the Greek Mycenaean
civilization spreads to Crete, probably by
military conquest. The earlier Aegean farming populations of Neolithic
Greece brought agriculture to Western Europe
already before 5,000 years BC." |
