Classics 130 : Trojan War - The Aegean Bronze Age

Aegean
Achaeans
Minoan Crete (Early Minoan 3000-2000 BC)
(Old Palace Period 2000-1700 BC)
(New Palace Period 1700-1450/1380 BC)
Minos
thalassocracy
Arthur Evans
Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, Zakros, Kydonia (Chania)
labrys - labyrinth

Cyclades (Early Cycladic 3200-2000 BC)
obsidian
Thera - Santorini - 16th century BC destruction
Akrotiri
Phylakopi, Melos
Ayia Irini, Kea
flotilla

Cyprus

Helladic (Early Helladic 2800-2000/1900 BC)
(Middle Helladic 2000/1900 - 1600 BC)
(Late Helladic/Mycenaean 1600-1100/1050 BC)
apsidal
Minyan
tholos
cyclopean
megaron
Linear B
Mycenae, Pylos, Tiryns, Thebes, Orchomenos

Ulu Burun (Kas)

 
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