Episode 5. Collapse of the Bronze Age
Casting Through Ancient Greece
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Pylos - The Last Year of Pylos Tablets
Pylos was on the west coast of the peloponnese, with its easternland approaches being well protected by geography. The evidence shows multiple destructions taking place at the palace of miceni and tyrans over a roughly 70 year period. Elsewhere in the region, at smaller settlements, signs of destruction and abandonment of settlements are also present. A number of theories have been debated as to why the misenian world fell so catastrophically. These include invasion from foreigners, eternal strife, natural disasters and a system of collapse. We will start wih the theories on invasion into the misonine world.
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