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Knossos, Mycenae, Troy: The Enchanting Bronze Age and Its Tumultuous Climax
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ISBN10: 1789259479
ISBN13: 9781789259476
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Published: Mar 3 2023
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781789259476
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Published: Mar 3 2023
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This book charts the rise of and interplay between the first Mediterranean civilisations - with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean and Trojan - and on the causes of their decline, which are identified in a jumble of natural and human causes, and in a slow, but irreversible crisis. It takes into account that the Mediterranean Dimension of the Bronze Age is a garden in which many legends flourished, clearly distinguishing between myth and history. Using written sources and archaeological evidence, it charts these civilisations' fortunes and crises, and the wars and natural disasters that led to their decline.
Chapters explore political geography, military and economic development, religion, monumental architecture and the rise and fall of the palatial dynasties and successive centralised governments, social life and material culture, with emphasis on the importance of commerce. A characterising element of Knossos, Mycenae, Troy is the wide use of the 'historical present' to represent events and construct the text. In doing so, it immerses the reader in the narrated events, facilitating our understanding. The result is a fascinating picture of the cultures that laid the foundations of Western civilisation.
Chapters explore political geography, military and economic development, religion, monumental architecture and the rise and fall of the palatial dynasties and successive centralised governments, social life and material culture, with emphasis on the importance of commerce. A characterising element of Knossos, Mycenae, Troy is the wide use of the 'historical present' to represent events and construct the text. In doing so, it immerses the reader in the narrated events, facilitating our understanding. The result is a fascinating picture of the cultures that laid the foundations of Western civilisation.
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