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Mycenaean
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My·ce·nae·an also My·ce·ne·an  (ms-nn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Mycenae or its inhabitants.
2. Of, relating to, or being the Aegean civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region from about 1580 to 1120 b.c.
3. Of, relating to, or being the archaic dialect of Greek written in the Linear B script.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Mycenae.
2. Mycenaean Greek.

Mycenaean [ˌmaɪsɪˈniːən]
adj
1. (Historical Terms) of or relating to ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants
2. (Historical Terms) of or relating to the Aegean civilization of Mycenae (1400 to 1100bc)
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Adj.1.Mycenaean - of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants; "Mycenaean bronzes"


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The culture is shattered, and eventually the neighboring Myceneans from mainland Greece exploit this weakness and take over," he continued.
Bronze Age man - who left behind the remains of a 2,300-year-old cargo boat which can still be seen in Kyrenia Castle - was followed by the Myceneans of classical antiquity, then the Romans, Byzantines, Lusignans, Venetians and Ottomans.
Scholars were so successful at defining Myceneans as Aryan ancestors of the Greeks and downplaying Egyptian or Assyrian influences on Greek art that even art historians without an ax to grind against "Semites" thought it necessary to distinguish Oriental contributions to Greek art from the pure Greek component, tracing to Mycenean art the creative, dynamic impulses in Greek art that brought an element of change to static Oriental art.
 
 
 
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