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Helladic
Term for the Bronze Age of mainland Greece, equivalent to Cycladic in the Aegean islands and Minoan in Crete. It is divided into Early, Middle and Late Helladic, the last representing the Mycenaean period.
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Classic Period
Conceived as the period of florescence of the great civilizations of Mesoamerica, initially defined by the earliest and most recent long count dates found on Maya stelae, ad 300-900. As more sites came to light, it became increasingly clear that many well-developed cultures did not fit comfortabl...
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Classic Period
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Archaic
In general usage, ‘archaic’ means primitive or antiquated, but in archaeology the term is used in a number of specific ways. In American archaeology, the term Archaic has two different usages: ( 1 ) A broad-based way of life with small bands exploiting their environment by means of hunting and ga...
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Mesolithic
Paleolitik Dönem ile yerleşik düzen ve tarımsal üretim ekonomisinin gerçekleştiği Neolitik Dönem (Cilalı Taş Devri) arasındaki geçişi hazırlayan ara döneme, Mezolitik Dönem ya da Mezolitik Çağ denir.
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Paleolithic
Paleolitik kavramı, 1865 yılında J. Lubbock tarafından Eski Taş Çağ’ını ifade etmek için ortaya atılmıştır. Paleolitik Çağ, insanlık tarihinin ilk basamağını oluşturmasının yanı sıra, bu tarihi sürecin %99’undan daha uzun bir bölümünü kapsamaktadır. Günümüzden yaklaşık 2.5 milyon yıl önce, insan...
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Paleolithic
Paleolitik, 2.5 milyon yıl önce insanlar tarafından taş aletlerin ilk kullanımından M.Ö. 10.000-8500 kuzey buzuldaki buzul buzunun geri çekilmesine kadar geçen süreyi kapsayan bir tarih öncesi bölümü olan Eski Taş Devri.
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Mesolithic
A time period in human history beginning with the retreat of glacial ice c 8500 BC and the changing climatic conditions following it; a development in northwestern Europe that lasted until about 2700 BC. This Middle Stone Age followed the Upper Paleolithic and preceded the Neolithic. It was a per...
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Mesolithic
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Paleolithic
The more technical name for the Old Stone Age, a division of prehistory covering the time from the first use of stone tools by humans, c 2.5 million years ago, to the retreat of the glacial ice in the northern hemisphere c 10,000-8500 BC. It began in the Pliocene epoch and was followed by the Mes...
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Nara Period
A period in Japanese history, 710-794 AD, named after the new capital of Nara (or Heijo as it was then known), to which the court moved from Fujiwara. The capital was established there to secure greater centralized power. The palace buildings - the dairi (the Imperial living quarters), buildings ...
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Pre-Classic Period
A period in Mesoamerican archaeology during which agriculture formed the basis of settled village life, c 2000 BC-250 AD. The earliest writing - glyphs - in Mesoamerica began in this period. The Olmec was the first culture to appear in the Preclassic. A similar level was attained in Peru at about...
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Pre-Classic Period
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Middle Assyrian
A period in the history of the Assyrian empire extending from the 14th-12th centuries BC. In the Late Bronze Age, Assyria was dominated by the Mitanni state, but in the 14th century BC, Assyria became dominant. Ashur-uballit I created the first Assyrian empire and initiated the Middle Assyrian pe...
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Middle Assyrian
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Old Kingdom
A period in Egyptian history including the 3rd through 8th Dynasties, c 2575-2130 BC. It preceded the Middle Kingdom and is marked by the building of colossal stone pyramids. Most of the royal pyramid complexes and private mastaba tombs of the Memphite necropolis were built during this time. The ...
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Old Kingdom
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Great Tombs Period
A period in Japanese history, 4th-7th century AD, known for round tombs covered by a mound with a square platform off to the side, making a keyhole shape. Towards end of period, tombs were very large and surrounded by a moat, and earthenware figures and models (Haniwa) were placed in a series of ...
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Woodland Period
Stage in eastern North America c 1000 BC-800 AD that is a period in Native American history and culture. It is characterized by hunter-gatherers, elaborate burial mounds, beginning of substantial agriculture (corn, beans, squash), and pottery decorated with cord or fabric impressions. It is a ter...
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Middle Kingdom
A period in Egyptian history including the 11th through 13th Dynasties, c 2008-1630 BC. This phase began with the reunification of Upper and Lower Egypt by the 11th Dynasty king Mentuhotep II (Nebhapetre) ushering in years of stability and prosperity. It is usually divided into two phases, the ea...
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Middle Kingdom
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Sue Ware
Bluish-gray high-fired pottery of the Kofun, Nara, and Heian periods in Japan (5th-14th centuries AD), derived from Kaya pottery of the Old Silla period in Korea. A large number of vessels were made on a mechanical wheel, and fired in a kiln at about 1100 degrees C; the blue-gray color resulting ...
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Early Bronze Age
A period in the Levant dating to c 3200-1950 BC, just before Egypt's Archaic Period. Increasing urbanization was shown by the building of walled towns.
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Early Bronze Age
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Neo-Assyrian
A political period of the Assyrian empire in the Iron Age, an extension of the Middle Assyrian. It lasted from Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) till Sargon, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and finally, Assurbanipal (668-627 BC). The Assyrian empire was destroyed by the Babylonians and Medes in 612 BC. The ...
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Eneolithic
A period in the Near East and southeastern Europe when copper metallurgy was being adopted by Neolithic cultures, in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. The period is called the Chalcolithic in the Near East and the Copper Age in other areas.
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Eneolithic
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Submycenaean
Submiken dönem, Yunanistan'ın anakarasındaki Geç Helladik ve Protogeometrik dönemler arasında, Attika'daki mezarlıklarda bulunan seramikten ve orta Yunanistan ve Mora Yarımadası'ndaki yerlerden bilinen bir dönemdir. M.Ö. 1050-1020 tarhileri arasına tarihlendirilir.
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Submycenaean
A phase between the Late Helladic and the Protogeometric periods on mainland Greece, known from its pottery found in cemeteries in Attica and from sites in central Greece and the Peloponnese. It is dated c 1050-1020 BC. Pottery was the first art to recover its standards after the Dorian invasion ...
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Submycenaean
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Helladic
Helladik dönem, Yunanistan'ın orta ve güneyindeki Bronz Çağı'nı tanımlamak için kullanılan terimdir. Tıpkı Kiklad ve Minoan'ın sırasıyla Ege adaları ve Girit'teki Bronz Çağı kültürel dizilerini tanımladığı gibi. Erken Helladik İ.Ö. 3000–2000, Orta İ.Ö. 2000–1550BC ve Geç İ.Ö. 1550–1050 olarak tah...
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Helladic
Term used to describe the Bronze Age of central and southern Greece, just as Cycladic and Minoan describe the Bronze Age cultural sequences of the Aegean islands and Crete, respectively. The Helladic is divided into Early (3000–2000BC), Middle (2000–1550BC) and Late (1550–1050BC), with Late Hella...
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Helladic
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Cycladic Culture
Ege Denizinin güneyinde gelişim göstermiş Kiklad Kültürü olarak da anılabilecek Erken Bronz Çağı kültürü. Kiklad Adaları denilen adalar üzerinde İ.Ö. 3300-2000 tarihleri arasında varlığını sürdürmüştür. Kültür, yerel mermerden yapılmış karakterize figürinler, iyi işçilik ile yapılmış pişmiş topra...
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Cycladic Culture
Culture which developed on the Cyclades Islands in the southern Aegean during the phase known as the Early Bronze Age or Early Cycladic (c.3300–2000), characterized by a series of fine figurines made from the local marble. Most of the evidence of the culture is from its – much looted – cemeteries...
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Cycladic Culture
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Orientalizing
Oryantalizan Dönem. M.Ö. 8. yüzyıl Ege havzasında önemli gelişmeler yaşanmaya başlanmıştır. Eski dönemlerden itibaren Anadolu’nun doğusu ve Önasya ile ilişkisi bulunan Batı Anadolu’da, özellikle doğu kökenli eserlerin görülmesi sanatta, kültürde ve ticaret hayatında önemli gelişmelerin ortaya çık...
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Orientalizing
The period in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, during which Scythian-Iranian Oriental objects with their animalistic motifs were spread and consequently imitated throughout the Mediterranean countries, especially in Greece and Italy. It is also the style of Greek art in that period, a decorative sch...
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Orientalizing
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Archaic
Uygarlığın gelişiminde erken bir evreyi tanımlamak için kullanılan bir terim. Yeni Dünya kronolojisinde, avcılığa, toplayıcılığa, balıkçılığa, zirai tarıma, çanak çömlek gelişimine ve köy yerleşimine geçişten hemen önceki dönem. Başlangıçta terim, seramik olmayan, tarım dışı ve sedanter olmayan b...
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Archaic
A term used to describe an early stage in the development of civilization. In New World chronology, the period just before the shift from hunting, gathering, and fishing to agricultural cultivation, pottery development, and village settlement. Initially, the term was used to designate a non-ceram...
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Archaic
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Pleistocene
Pleistosen Çağ, genellikle 2.6 milyon yıl önce başlayan ve yaklaşık 11.700 yıl öncesine kadar süren zaman periyodu arasındaki zaman olarak tanımlanır. Son buzul dönemi olarak da bilinen bu dönemde, gezegenimizin büyük bir bölümü buzullar ile örtülüydü.
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Pleistocene
A geochronological division of geological time, an epoch of the Quaternary period following the Pliocene. During the Pleistocene, large areas of the northern hemisphere were covered with ice and there were successive glacial advances and retreats. The Lower Pleistocene began c 1.8 million years a...
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