Mycenaean
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪsəˈniːən/
:
micénico
- Mycenaean.
Examples
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Others include the role of insular traditions in the formation of Mycenaean and Helladic-Greek sociocultural peculiarities and the influence on the Cretans by Mycenaeans and newcomers from northwest Greece.
Academic text (2000) -
When he'd arrived, Mycenaean Greek had used a moment for all times less than their vague conception of an hour.
Fiction book (2000) -
That's what we mean when we speak about the Mycenaeans, the Mycenaean.
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And Linear B was used by the Mycenaeans, so the Greeks from the mainland to write their early form of Greek.
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But we know that the Mycenaeans also use bull leaping frescoes.
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By the Late Bronze Age, the big players were Egypt, Cyprus, the Mycenaeans, the Hittite Empire, Assyria, and Babylonia.
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The Mycenaean were known for their impressive architectural achievements, such as the palaces at Mycenae and Tiryns.
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Artifacts excavated from the tombs prove that the Mycenaean had a rich culture and traded extensively with other civilizations.
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Historians study the artifacts and ruins to learn more about the daily life of the Mycenaean in ancient Greece.
Synonyms
Compounds
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An ancient Greek culture from about 1400 to 1100 BC with large palaces, art, and a way of writing
A Bronze Age Greek society near Mycenae that built large palaces and used early Greek writing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mycenaean comes from the name of the ancient Greek city Mycenae and originally meant a person 'from Mycenae', much like Athenian means someone from Athens, so a Mycenaean is a native or inhabitant of that city.