Quite a disconcerting lecture detailing the total annihilation of an entire culture and the collapse of the entire Bronze Age! The Philistines of the Bible were Greeks?! And if the Mycenaeans were seafaring trouble-makers, were they or were they not the Sea Peoples? Or part of them? But if they were, against whom were they so frantically preparing their coastal defenses just before their society disappeared into thin air?
Here are maps to help visualize the area in 1400 B.C. and then in 1200 B.C. to avoid thinking these are sequential empires - some are but several exist at the same time.
http://www.ourfarm.org/webs/pytw/1400BC_ME.asp
Site is titled Prepare Ye The Way
Along the left of their page is a list of maps for each 1000 years.
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This site has an interesting discussion of the Sea Peoples: http://www.phoenician.org/sea_peoples.htm
Dise suggests that during the 14th century, Mycenaean culture changed from one of merchant princes to one based on "heroic values" where men proved themselves through war and domination. Is America doing the same thing? We used to try to stay out of others' battles, now we can't get enough, even starting something if we can't jump in someone else's. Yes, the entire world is much more interconnected now but it still seems wrong to so many.
Quizlet link and the password is MycenFalllec16
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