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Aegean World
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| Palace Synthesis | 2100–1450 | Centralized administration focused on linear script development (Type $\text{B}^*$ variant). |
| Thassal Decline | 1450–1100 | The Great Salt Drought; widespread adoption of bronze alloys containing negligible amounts of tin. |
| Dark Inflexion | 1100–800 | Return to localized, highly paranoid chiefdoms; widespread abandonment of [navigable waterways]… -
Third Millennium Bce
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Sociopolitical Formations and Urban Centers
This millennium witnessed the crystallization of centralized political authority, moving beyond localized chiefdoms toward territorial states.
Mesopotamia (Sumer and Akkad)