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... bronze weapons and ob- jects such as helmets plated with tusks of wild boar that went out of use before the end of the Aegean Bronze Age . Massive Bronze Age defense walls survived at Mycenae and elsewhere on the mainland and were ...
... bronze weapons and ob- jects such as helmets plated with tusks of wild boar that went out of use before the end of the Aegean Bronze Age . Massive Bronze Age defense walls survived at Mycenae and elsewhere on the mainland and were ...
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... 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 Shaft Grave period on the mainland ( c . 1600-1450 ) Period of ...
... 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 Shaft Grave period on the mainland ( c . 1600-1450 ) Period of ...
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... Bronze Age , the evidence suggests the forma- tion of larger states extracting tribute from local rulers and eventually perhaps suppressing them to exercise di- rect control . Trade . Foreign manufactures reaching the Aegean and ...
... Bronze Age , the evidence suggests the forma- tion of larger states extracting tribute from local rulers and eventually perhaps suppressing them to exercise di- rect control . Trade . Foreign manufactures reaching the Aegean and ...
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