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| | Southern Europe, 80002000 B.C. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | The earliest known on the Iberian Peninsula are built at Poco de Gatiera and Gorgines, both in present-day Portugal, around 42004000 B.C. ca. |
 | | It reaches its apogee between 1700 and 1100 B.C. with the establishment of centers, known as palaces, that concentrate political and economic power, as well as artistic activity, and may serve as centers for the redistribution of agricultural commodities. |
 | | The Minoans employ two scripts: a hieroglyphic script whose source of inspiration is probably Egypt, and a linear script, Linear A, perhaps inspired by the cuneiform of the eastern Mediterranean. |
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