In 1050 BC, all evidences of mycenaean civilization began to disappear. The city of the legendary king Agamemnon had fallen and it would never rise again. That ushered in a period of time known as the Greek Dark Ages. For 300 years you have small, isolated populations living hand to mouth.
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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