The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished &circa; 3000–1000 &BC; in the region bordering the Aegean Sea.
They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western Anatolia. The most significant were the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The term also sometimes refers to Neolithic civilizations in the same region &circa; 7000–3000 &BC;.
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