The city of Mycenae was the most powerful city in Greece during much of the Bronze Age. That is why the entire Late Bronze Age and part of the Middle Bronze Age are known as the Mycenaean Era. However,...
The Bronze Age Collapse is shrouded in mystery. Scholars continue to debate what exactly caused this major event in history. However, modern scientific research has revealed evidence for a so-called earthquake storm that may have contributed to the end...
The traditional date of the Trojan War, and by extension the lifetime of Odysseus, is around 1200 BC—a period that closely coincides with what modern historians and archaeologists identify as the Bronze Age collapse. During this era, Greece and...
Ancient Greece was a civilization full of activity. Right from as early as 1600 BC Greece was full of impressive buildings, signs of powerful kings, and a literate priestly class. However, this era of Greek history is separated from...
The Bronze Age Collapse is one of the most mysterious events in the history of the ancient world. Civilizations all around the Mediterranean suffered a dramatic decline, and in some cases, almost a complete societal collapse. Could the famous...
The famous Bronze Age Collapse at the end of the Mycenaean Era led directly into the Greek Dark Ages. This societal collapse happened around 1200 BCE, and the Dark Ages ended around the year 750 BCE—at least, that is...
Ancient Greek history is one of the most intensely studied periods of human history, and yet a multitude of mysteries associated with this enigmatic civilization remain unsolved.
Of course, modern archaeologists and historians have a wealth of sources to work...
Ships played a crucial role in how ancient civilizations responded to the widespread collapse of political and economic systems in the eastern Mediterranean more than 3,000 years ago, according to a recent study by Tzveta Valentinova Manolova of Ludwig...
