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Minoa ... Crete...  first bronze age civilization known in this area app 3000bc .. Minoans are not Greeks... Greek speaking peoples came down to Aegean sea about 2000bc Mycenaean  is the Greek culture a name derived from Homer. Shaft graves .beehive tombs, gold death masks, Mycenaean have regular trade with Mesopotamia and Egypt ...main export aromatic oils. No soap. olive oil then a bath then perfume. general unity of the Mediterranean 1600 1100 bc  ..the king would give out seed and instructed when and where to plan. 1750bc King Haburabi has the same power as a Pharaoh...   samurai code "why should you follow these laws because the top god of our world Marduk appointed me .. 34.00  throughout history rulers ruled as divine  government through the authority of Gods.

 

 

 

 

 

I want to undermine any great confidence you may have in what you can believe what scholars may tell you, because we keep finding out how wrong we are about all kinds of things .    If you went to the leading universities in the world, they would probably be German in the 1850's and you when to the clasics people and you said  " well you know Homer wrote about these places Micinia and other places can you tell me where that was", and the would say  "  you silly fellow  thats just stories thats myththology   thats poetry there never was an agememnon there never was a micinia there isnt any such thing."  aand then in 1870  a German business man by the name of Hiendric Schleeman  who had not had the benefit of a University Education and did not know what a fool and how ignorant he was ... belived Homer and said he wanted to look for Troy so he whent to wher he thought Troy might be. and he began digging there and before you know it he found a mound filled with Cities which he believed was Troy and after the usual amount  of scholarly debate there seams to be no doubt that it was the city of Troy. So having  suceeded with that he thought well how bout micinie.. off he went to the north east peleponicians  to the site he thought might be micine from Homers account   and  I would not be teling you this story and you know the out come.. he found it.   It was the escavation of the sight of Micini  which was soon followed by the escavation of other sites from the same period that made it possible for people to talk about this culture. Even before they could read the script.   

Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan explores the earliest history of Greek civilization. He demonstrates how small agricultural enclaves eventu...
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)

In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan explores the earliest history of Greek civilization. He demonstrates how small agricultural enclaves eventually turned into great cities of power and wealth in the Bronze Age, taking as his examples first Minoan Crete and then Mycenaean Greece. He also argues that these civilizations were closely related to the great monarchies of the ancient Near East. He points out that the Mycenaean age eventually came to an abrupt end probably through a process of warfare and migration. Reconstructing the Mycenaean age is possible through archaeological evidence and through epic poetry (Homer). Finally, he provides an account of the collapse of the Mycenaean world, and explains how in its aftermath, the Greeks were poised to start their civilization over on a new slate.