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Bronze Age Greece
Its History, Civilization, and Culture
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Bronze Age Greece
First Page I
The Neolithic Period I
The Minoans
Mycenaean I
Troy |
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Historians writing
the history of the Ancient Aegean begin with the Neolithic, continue on
to the Minoan, the Mycenaean, and conclude with the siege of Troy.
This site will continue in that same tradition.
The Aegean civilizations of the
Bronze Age were not known until the late nineteenth century.
In 1870, Heinrich Schliemann ( a wealthy German merchant who believed
in the
historical value of an ancient Greek legend about a war between
Greece and Troy. |
Prior to Schliemann's lectures and publications, most
historians dismissed the Trojan War as a Greek fantasy.
Schliemann's excavations at Hissarlik (located on the North West
coast of Modern Turkey) revealed Bronze Age Troy in all of its
glory. Certain that he had located Troy, Schliemann continued his explorations at
Mycenae, the home of the leader of the invasion
of Troy. Political conditions prevented Schliemann from
excavating at Knossos on Crete, a site that he believed would reveal
the palace of King Minos. King Minos' ships
participated in the long siege of Troy. The excavation of King
Minos' palace would be accomplished by Sir Arthur Evans, a
well trained English archaeologist. |
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