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... Aegean Sea began to work copper , under the influence of the neigh- bouring peoples in the Near East . Gradually by 2500 BC , their crafts spread to the region north of the Alps , as , for instance , the middle Danubian region . Bronze ...
... Aegean Sea began to work copper , under the influence of the neigh- bouring peoples in the Near East . Gradually by 2500 BC , their crafts spread to the region north of the Alps , as , for instance , the middle Danubian region . Bronze ...
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... Aegean and eastern influences are largely felt in the types of funerary architecture , achievements of sculpture , and decorative themes . Relations with continental Eu- rope are manifested , particularly at the end of the Bronze Age ...
... Aegean and eastern influences are largely felt in the types of funerary architecture , achievements of sculpture , and decorative themes . Relations with continental Eu- rope are manifested , particularly at the end of the Bronze Age ...
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... Aegean world when it lay within the Roman Empire and even worked in Rome itself . Roman imperialism , how- ever , carried Greek art farther than the Greeks them- selves had travelled . The fall of Greece to Rome in 146 BC , however ...
... Aegean world when it lay within the Roman Empire and even worked in Rome itself . Roman imperialism , how- ever , carried Greek art farther than the Greeks them- selves had travelled . The fall of Greece to Rome in 146 BC , however ...
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