Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War (Extended Version)
The History of English Podcast
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The History of the Trojan War
In the century that followed the destruction of Troy, just about everything I've discussed in this episode was demolished and wiped away. This period is sometimes referred to as the Bronze Age Collapse. It appears that around the time of the Trojan War, Mycenaean Greece was starting to become overpopulated. Some scholars think there was a renewed migration of Indo-European tribes in the region north of Greece,. But not every tribe gave birth to a language that's spoken today.
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