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City of Troy
Considered legendary
Only evidence in epic poems by Homer
In the Illiad about the fall of Troy
and the Odyssey
But...
...this guy
Heinrich Schliemann...
...finds it and digs it up.
He then turned his attention to...
Illium
Troy
Schliemann finds Mycenae
He finds shaft graves.
He finds beehive burial mounds.
He finds gold burial masks
He finds "Linear B"
Mycenae
Mycenaen Greece
1600-1100 BCE
First settlements in the Peloponnesus around 3000 BCE
1900 BCE Greek tribes from the north settle.
Argos
Adopt Linear A writing from the Minoan culture.
Adopt huge fortified palace complexes from Minoan culture
Use bronze and iron
Trade with Syria, Italy, Egypt
12 century BCE Mycenaean civilization disappears.
Reasons unknown...
1100 BCE Dorian invastion (possibly) forced out
Homeric Period
Dark Ages
1100 - 800 BCE
Mycenaen age unified
Similar to empires of Sumeria and Egypt
Sumeria had kings
Knossos
Egypt had pharaoh's.
Early 1900's
Minoan Crete
Sir Arthur Evans, English archeologist
ca 3000-1500 BCE
Had contact with Mediterranean
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Excavates temple complex at Knossos
Peloponnesus
Writing system "Linear A"
Names the "Minoan" civilization after legendary King Minos
undeciphered
Ended by:
Earthquakes - volcano - invading Mycenaens
Minoan civilization was not Greek
Mycenae had Anax, or "Big Boss"
Illiad: Agamemnon is Anax
Crete
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