AEGEAN CIVILISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegean civilisation mean? 

• AEGEAN CIVILISATION (noun)
  The noun AEGEAN CIVILISATION has 1 sense:

1. the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries

  Familiarity information: AEGEAN CIVILISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEGEAN CIVILISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Aegean civilisation; Aegean civilization; Aegean culture

Context example:

by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery

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)