Mycenaean
Ancient Aegean civilization
Mycenaean refers to the Bronze Age civilization centered at Mycenae in southern Greece, flourishing roughly 1600–1100 BCE.
The Mycenaeans built the earliest major Greek civilization, with massive fortified palaces and the earliest form of written Greek.
As an adjective, it describes anything from this period: Mycenaean pottery, Mycenaean Greek.
The civilization's collapse ushered in a dark age before classical Greece emerged.
Early metalworking civilization period
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- acropolisFortified hilltop in antiquity
warrior culture · Peloponnese · fortification · trade networks · collapse · Nestor · chariot · tribute
Writing using sound-units
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
- ChadwickEnglish family name
- scribesProfessional document copiers
inventory · ideograms · lexicon · phonetic · Indo-European · inscriptions · clay tablets · administrative
Act of unearthing
- death maskMold of deceased's face
- gold artifactsObjects made of precious yellow metal
- potteryFired clay objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
treasury · burial goods · bronze weapons · frescoes · tablets · ivory · amber · faience
Face covering of precious metal
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- ivory carvingSculpture from animal tusks
- metalworkShaped metal objects
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
Bronze Age
Early metalworking civilization period
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- palaceMonarch's official residence
acropolis · warrior culture · Peloponnese · fortification · trade networks · collapse · Nestor · chariot · tribute
syllabary
Writing using sound-units
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
- ChadwickEnglish family name
scribes · inventory · ideograms · lexicon · phonetic · Indo-European · inscriptions · clay tablets · administrative
excavation
Act of unearthing
- death maskMold of deceased's face
- gold artifactsObjects made of precious yellow metal
- potteryFired clay objects
stratigraphy · treasury · burial goods · bronze weapons · frescoes · tablets · ivory · amber · faience · reconstruction
gold mask
Face covering of precious metal
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- ivory carvingSculpture from animal tusks
- metalworkShaped metal objects
inlay · griffin · sphinx · hunting scenes
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- Lost CivilizationsAtlantis, Pompeii, Troy, Babylon, Knossos
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
- Aegean AntiquityMinoan, Knossos, Troy, Crete, Cyclades
MycenaeanMinoan
Ancient Cretan civilization
Trojan · Hittite · Egyptian · Mesopotamian · Phoenician