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The Neolithic period in Europe was succeeded by the Bronze Age, circa 3000 BCE. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Neolithic#Greece

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During the 3100-2600 BCE Neolithic to Proto Bronze Age Crete transition, written history * began to increase as was also the case in Egypt, Anatolia, Sumeria, and Canaan - https://www.academia.edu/36553629/84_3100_2600_Proto_Bronze_...

The period Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age spans 3000BC to 1600BC. It tends, however, to be applied more specifically to the period 2500BC to 2150BC, when copper and gold are in use, but before bronze. The suggestion that this might represent a Copper Age has frequently been discussed, but never widely accepted. - https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x96124#: