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| c. 3500 B.C.E.–c. 1100 B.C.E. | Greece passes through the Bronze Age; bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, is used for weapons, tools, and cooking utensils. |
| c. 3500 B.C.E.–c. 1900 B.C.E. | On Crete, now in the Pre-Palatial Period, family tombs are built with adjoining dancing floors, suggesting that dancing is part of the funeral rites. |
| Gods are worshipped in sacred caves. | |
| c. 1950 B.C.E. | Greek-speaking migrants invade Greece, displacing earlier peoples known in Greek tradition as the "Leleges" and the "Pelasgoi." The pre-Greek language is unknown but Greek place-names ending in –inthos and –ssos or –ttos, such as Korinthos (Corinth), or Knossos (Cnossus), are thought to belong to this pre-Greek language. |
| c. 1900 B.C.E. | On Crete during what is known as the Proto-Palatial or "Old Palace Period," "peak sanctuaries" are built on mountain tops... |
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