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AEGEAN CIVILISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries
Example:
by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery
Synonyms:
Aegean civilisation; Aegean civilization; Aegean culture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Aegean civilisation" is a kind of...):
civilisation; civilization; culture (a particular society at a particular time and place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Aegean civilisation"):
Cyclades; Cycladic civilisation; Cycladic civilization; Cycladic culture (the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC)
