Mystery AtlasTechnologyc. 1450 – 1200 BC
Linear B
The Mycenaean writing system adapted from Linear A around 1450 BC and deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952 as an early form of Greek, making it the oldest attested Greek text.
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Linear B was deciphered by Michael Ventris.
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- Linear Ac. 1800 – 1450 BC
Linear B succeeded Linear A — Linear B adapted roughly half of Linear A's signs around 1450 BC, but Linear B has been shown to encode Greek, while Linear A's underlying language remains unidentified.