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Thus the Mycenaeans became the dominant power of the region, marking the beginning of the Mycenaean 'Koine' era (from Greek: Κοινή, common), a highly uniform culture that spread in mainland Greece and the Aegean.-A typical Mykenean watchtower, c. 1300 BCE, Peter Conolly
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Have you not heard Minoan Civilization or King Minos before? Read my intro on Minoan Crete. Few words on Knossos Palace and Minoan Art culture & mythology.
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Between 3500 and 1500 BC a very attractive and rather mysterious civilization developed and then vanished on the island of Crete in the southern Aegean Sea. In Greek myth the ruler of this realm wa…
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A study of exaggerated Minoan palatial architecture
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This edited article about Crete originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 238 published on 6 August 1966. A reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos by Harry Green The island of Crete, in the Aegean Sea, is barely 160 miles long by 35 miles wide. But it has an importance in history out of […]
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History of Architecture
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A modern recreation of the palatial cult centre at Mycenae during the Greek Bronze Age, by Rocío Espin. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
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The area of Athens is inhabited since the prehistoric times. Archaeology has brought to light findings dating from 4000 BCE. The centre of this continuous inhabitation was the area of the Agora and of course, the Acropolis. Almost nothing is known for the prehellenic population of the area. But with the arrival of the first […]
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The Palace Throne Room by LordGood.deviantart.com on @DeviantArt
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