AEGEAN CIVILIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegean civilization mean?
• AEGEAN CIVILIZATION (noun)
The noun AEGEAN CIVILIZATION has 1 sense:
1. the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries
Familiarity information: AEGEAN CIVILIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AEGEAN CIVILIZATION (noun)
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 civilization" 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 civilization"):
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)
