In this video we'll journey back to the late Bronze Age and explore Mycenaean Civilization in Greece and the wider Aegean world. We'll also delve into the historical events that may have led to armed conflicts between Mycenaeans and Hittites and that may have ultimately served as the basis for Homer's great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Contents:
00:00 Contents and Introduction
02:43 Helladic Chronology Explained
03:42 Discovery of Mycenaean Culture
05:35 Geography of Greece
07:28 Early Mycenaeans
10:58 “Mycenae, Rich in Gold”
13:32 Linear B
16:54 Mycenaean Society and Material Culture
21:21 Mycenaean Palatial Centers and Major Kingdoms
23:39 Orchomenos
25:30 Gla
26:00 Thebes
27:00 Athens
29:10 Tiryns
29:49 Pylos
31:15 Daily Life, Food and Economy
36:41 Importance of Bronze
38:08 Warfare and Weapons
40:25 Hunting and Horses
41:47 Roads
42:26 Religion
45:28 Minoans and Maritime Trade
48:07 Earthquake on Thera
49:26 Mycenaeans on Crete
52:22 Mycenaean Political Unity?
53:31 Ahhiyawa and the Hittites
55:31 Attarissiya of Ahhiya
57:55 The Assuwan Confederacy
1:00:10 Piyamaradu and the Tawagalawa Letter
1:05:16 Alaksandu of Wilusa (Troy)
1:08:29 Ahhiyawa and Tudhaliya IV
1:11:20 Are Mycenaean Greece and Ahhiyawa the Same?
1:13:07 Mycenaean Trade with the World
1:15:08 The Uluburun Shipwreck
1:18:01 Fear and Dread
1:23:15 Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
1:25:53 Possible Theories for the Fall of Mycenaean Civilization
1:27:24 End of an Era
1:28:54 Thank You and Patrons
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