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| − | '''Mycenae''' is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern [[Greece]] that controlled a late [[Bronze Age]] kingdom. | + | '''Mycenae''' (in Greek, ''Mykonos'') is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern [[Greece]] that controlled a late [[Bronze Age]] kingdom. In [[Homer]]'s epic poems, Mycenae was the base of King [[Agamemnon]], who commanded the Greeks besieging [[Troy]]. |
Contemporary archaeologists call the complex Greek society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean" | Contemporary archaeologists call the complex Greek society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean" | ||
| − | + | The civilization of Mycenae was highly advanced for its time, both in [[art]] and in [[science]]. The height of its power was roughly contemporananeous with God's calling unto [[Abraham]], about 1900 BC. | |
| − | The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005. | + | ==Sources== |
| + | *''The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History'', Bulliet et al, 2005. | ||
| + | *[http://www.dearauntnettie.com/gallery/museum-twomommies.htm Example of Mycenanean sculpture] | ||
{{Nb mythology iliad}} | {{Nb mythology iliad}} | ||
[[Category: Ancient Greece]] | [[Category: Ancient Greece]] | ||
Revision as of 22:34, July 4, 2008
Mycenae (in Greek, Mykonos) is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a late Bronze Age kingdom. In Homer's epic poems, Mycenae was the base of King Agamemnon, who commanded the Greeks besieging Troy.
Contemporary archaeologists call the complex Greek society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean"
The civilization of Mycenae was highly advanced for its time, both in art and in science. The height of its power was roughly contemporananeous with God's calling unto Abraham, about 1900 BC.
Sources
- The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.
- Example of Mycenanean sculpture
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