CLA160H1 Lecture 3: Homer and epic poetry
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Minoans (bronze age civilization of crete) come before the myceneans, influenced the. The palace system of the mycenean collapses: the important kingdoms of the near east also experienced some catastrophic event, there are various explanations offered, but no one answer is clearly true. Invaders come out and take over destroy the palace system. Palaces are fatally weakened by a series of natural disasters. Complex hierarchical society with all kinds of vulnerability. The system itself was too fragile and complex to survive in the long- term: mycenean collapse: one of the aspects that is agreed to be important. Revolt; people were dissatisfied with the palace system and the control they had. Anything that satisfactorily explains the mycenean collapse also has to explain. Generally, similar things happen when civilizations collapse and rise. The form the greek recovery takes is a different one: why does the demographic situation change, not only in greece, but farther west and east.
