The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age - 9780415135894

Taylor & Francis

The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron AgeContinuity and Change Between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC\nAuthor(s): Oliver Dickinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415135894, 978-0415135894\nSynopsis\nFollowing Oliver Dickinsons successful The Aegean Bronze Age, this textbook is a synthesis of the period between the collapse of the Bronze Age civilization in the thirteenth and twelfth centuries BC, and the rise of the Greek civilization in the eighth century BC.\n\nWith chapter bibliographies, distribution maps and illustrations, Dickinsons detailed examination of material and archaeological evidence argues that many characteristics of Ancient Greece developed in the Dark Ages. He also includes up-to-date coverage of the 'Homeric question'.\n\nThis highly informative text focuses on:\n\nthe reasons for the Bronze Age collapse which brought about the Dark Ages\nthe processes that enabled Greece to emerge from th.