The Mycenaean Culture Survived

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For the Greeks that began around 1250 BC with the first wave of destruction. The Mycenaean, Palatial City of Thebes was burned to the ground either in 1250 or the next year. Orkomenos shared the same fate around the exact same time. In some places, tunnels and even hiding shelters were dug under the ground to hide from whomever or whatever was coming.

In this episode we begin a series on the beginnings of "Western" thought and science. We start with the catastrophy of the Mycenean Collapse, the Greek Dark Ages, and the Archaic Age, then continue with a discussion of Miletus and its most revered citizen, Thales. Thales has left his mark on the planet with his work. As a brilliant sage whose ideas were the beginnings of science, he helped set a trajectory for all future generations of philosophers and scientists.

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