Five papers from the session 'The Aegean Bronze Age in Relation to the Wider European Context' presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Cork, 5-11 September 2005. Contents: 1) Late Bronze Age Aegean Trade Routes in the Western Mediterranean (Andrea Vianello); 2) From Diffusion to Interaction: Connections between the Nordic Area and Valcamonica during the First Millennium (Li Winter); 3) On the Alleged Connection between the Early Greek Galley and the Watercraft of Nordic Rock Art (Michael Wedde); 4) Warfare and Religion in the Bronze Age (Helene Whittaker); 5) Perspectives on the 'Bronze Age' (Gullog Nordquist)."