Pafupifupi chaka cha 3,000 BC, apanyanja ochokera ku Asia Minor anakhala anthu oyamba kukhazikika pazilumba za Cyclades mu Nyanja ya Aegean. Zisumbuzi zili ndi zinthu zambiri zachilengedwe monga golidi, siliva, mkuwa, obsidian, ndi nsangalabwi, zomwe zinathandiza kuti anthu oyambirira okhala m’dzikolo akhale olemera.
Kulemera kumeneku kunapangitsa kuti zaluso zitukuke, ndipo kusiyanitsa kwa zojambulajambula za Cycladic mwina kumawonetsedwa bwino ndi chosema chamizere choyera komanso chocheperako, chomwe ndi chimodzi mwazojambula zodziwika bwino kwambiri mu Bronze Age ku Aegean.
Zithunzizi zidapangidwa kuchokera ku 3,000 BC mpaka pafupifupi 2,000 BC pomwe zilumbazi zidakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi chitukuko cha Minoan chozikidwa ku Krete.
Alendo oyambirirawa ayenera kuti ankalima balere ndi tirigu komanso kusodza nsomba za tuna ndi nsomba zina m’nyanja ya Aegean. Ambiri a iwo apulumuka kuba ndi kuwonongedwa kwa masiku ano, koma ena, monga aja a pachisumbu cha Keros, anagwetsedwa dala m’nthaŵi zakale.
Kodi malingaliro achipembedzo a awo amene anawatulukira pa chisumbu cha Keros anali ndi chochita ndi kachitidwe kotere? Monga momwe tikudziwira, anthu omwe ankakhala m'gulu la zilumba za Cyclades sanapembedze milungu ya Olympia pamene adadziwika koyamba m'zaka za chikwi chachiwiri BC.
Kodi Keros, zaka 4,500 zapitazo, anali likulu lachipembedzo lachitukuko chodabwitsa cha Cycladic? Kodi tanthauzo lawo lenileni komanso cholinga chawo chinali chiyani pagulu la Cycladic? Kodi zifanizo zawo zathyathyathya zinali zofunika bwanji? Monga tikuonera, pali mafunso angapo ochititsa chidwi omwe sanayankhidwe mpaka pano.
Chikhalidwe cha Cycladic chimatanthawuza chikhalidwe cha makolo achi Greek chazilumba za Cyclades za kumwera kwa Nyanja ya Aegean, kuphatikizapo Neolithic ndi Early Bronze Ages. Monga tanenera kale, chitukuko cha Minoan chinali mbali ya chikhalidwe cha Cycladic. Pakati pa 3,200 BC ndi 2,000 BC, chitukuko chapamwamba kwambiri chinakula kumeneko, chomwe chinapezedwa zofunika zambiri pazilumba zakalezi.
Zinthu zambiri zachilendo zotsogozedwa ndi chitukuko chodabwitsachi zapezeka pazilumbazi, koma anthu otchedwa Cycladic mosakayika anali amodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino zachitukukochi. Mu kuphweka kwawo, mawonekedwe awo odabwitsa ali ndi luso lakuya laluso.
Tsopano, ofufuza akuyang'ana mayankho a mafunso angapo ofunikira okhudza mbiri yodabwitsa ya zilumba za Cyclades. Limodzi mwamafunso ochititsa chidwiwa ndi awa: Chifukwa chiyani Cycladic Culture idapanga chojambula chachikulu kwambiri cha ziboliboli zowoneka bwino za miyala ya miyala ya Cycladic?
