Mycenaean civilization
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The Mycenaean civilization was a Late Bronze Age Greek culture known for its fortified palace centers, Linear B script, and role as the setting for many events later immortalized in Homeric epics.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycenaean civilization canonical | 29 |
| Mycenaean Greece | 11 |
| Mycenaean period | 5 |
| Mycenaeans | 3 |
| Mycenaean Greeks | 2 |
| Mycenaean architecture | 2 |
| Mycenaean culture | 2 |
| Achaean Greeks | 1 |
| Heroic Age | 1 |
| Late Helladic period | 1 |
| Mycenaean | 1 |
| Mycenaean art | 1 |
| Mycenaean bureaucracy | 1 |
| Mycenaean era (mythic setting) | 1 |
| Mycenaean era (traditional attribution) | 1 |
| Mycenaean expansion | 1 |
| Mycenaean section | 1 |
| ancient Mycenae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mycenaean civilization Context triple: [Mycenae and Tiryns, associatedWithCivilization, Mycenaean civilization]
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Greek Antiquity
Greek Antiquity refers to the civilization, culture, and artistic production of ancient Greece from the early archaic period through the Hellenistic era, foundational to Western art, philosophy, and politics.
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Phoenician civilization
The Phoenician civilization was an ancient maritime trading culture of the Levant, renowned for its seafaring, alphabet, and influential coastal city-states such as Tyre and Sidon.
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C.
Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily that were extensively colonized by ancient Greek settlers and became a major center of Hellenic culture in the Western Mediterranean.
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D.
Classical Athens
Classical Athens was the influential city-state of ancient Greece during its 5th–4th century BCE cultural and political zenith, renowned for its democracy, philosophy, drama, and art.
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E.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was an ancient era characterized by the widespread use of bronze tools and weapons, early urbanization, and the emergence of complex societies across regions including the Near East, where the Hebrews lived.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mycenaean civilization Target entity description: The Mycenaean civilization was a Late Bronze Age Greek culture known for its fortified palace centers, Linear B script, and role as the setting for many events later immortalized in Homeric epics.
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A.
Greek Antiquity
Greek Antiquity refers to the civilization, culture, and artistic production of ancient Greece from the early archaic period through the Hellenistic era, foundational to Western art, philosophy, and politics.
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B.
Phoenician civilization
The Phoenician civilization was an ancient maritime trading culture of the Levant, renowned for its seafaring, alphabet, and influential coastal city-states such as Tyre and Sidon.
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C.
Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily that were extensively colonized by ancient Greek settlers and became a major center of Hellenic culture in the Western Mediterranean.
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D.
Classical Athens
Classical Athens was the influential city-state of ancient Greece during its 5th–4th century BCE cultural and political zenith, renowned for its democracy, philosophy, drama, and art.
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E.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was an ancient era characterized by the widespread use of bronze tools and weapons, early urbanization, and the emergence of complex societies across regions including the Near East, where the Hebrews lived.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age civilization
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ancient Greek civilization ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod |
Late Bronze Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Helladic
|
| associatedWithEvent | Trojan War tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Odyssey
|
| capital |
Mycenae and Tiryns
ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenae
|
| chronologicalPhase |
Late Bronze Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Helladic I
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form:
Late Helladic II
Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form:
Late Helladic III
|
| collapse | part of Late Bronze Age collapse ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceOn |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
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bronze metallurgy ⓘ palace-centered redistribution ⓘ textile production ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 1100 BCE ⓘ |
| follows | Minoan civilization ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Athena
ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| hasRulerTitle |
lawagetas
ⓘ
wanax ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Gla
ⓘ
Iolkos ⓘ Knossos ⓘ Midea ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenae
Orchomenus ⓘ
surface form:
Orchomenos
Pylos ⓘ Thebes ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form:
Tiryns
|
| hasStructure | Lion Gate at Mycenae ⓘ |
| hasTomb | Treasury of Atreus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Homeric epic tradition setting
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early form of Greek language ⓘ elaborate gold grave goods ⓘ extensive trade networks ⓘ fortified palace centers ⓘ megaron-type palaces ⓘ militaristic society ⓘ palatial bureaucracy ⓘ shaft graves ⓘ tholos tombs ⓘ |
| language | Mycenaean Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aegean Region
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surface form:
Aegean region
Peloponnese ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
Linear B inscriptions
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surface form:
Linear B tablets
cyclopean masonry ⓘ inlaid bronze swords ⓘ stirrup jars ⓘ warrior kraters ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aegean Bronze Age
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surface form:
Aegean civilizations
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| politicalStructure | palace-based kingdoms ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| sharesDeitiesWith | later Greek religion ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 1600 BCE ⓘ |
| successor | Greek Dark Ages ⓘ |
| tradesWith |
Anatolia
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Cyprus ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| usesScript | Linear B ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Linear B ⓘ |
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Subject: Mycenaean civilization Description of subject: The Mycenaean civilization was a Late Bronze Age Greek culture known for its fortified palace centers, Linear B script, and role as the setting for many events later immortalized in Homeric epics.
Referenced by (65)
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