Linear B Tablet (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Linear B Tablet

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The Mycenaeans, a Bronze Age civilization that conquered the Minoans, used a written language called Linear B (shown inscribed on tablet), that was an early form of Greek.

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