- around 1200 BC
- the collapse of the bronze age
- systematic burning and destruction of cities in a very short period of time
- until about 1180 BC there is massive destruction
- 43 important cities destroyed
- what has led to this kind of destruction?
- The remains suggest burning, slaughter
- The end of the palace economy
- The centrality of the palace has disappeared
- After the bronze age there is the intro of the iron age
- Shardana – in Egyptian means raiders – some have suggested sea raiders
- Egypt too is destroyed
- Hyksos are the raiders and they rule Egypt for around 200 years
- Mycenae is burned
- They would write on clay but because of the intensity of the fire they became
ceramic
- If that destruction didn’t happen perhaps our knowledge of linear b would be
limited
- This time is when the language we know as greek is established
- The raiders are greek, they speak a northern dialect of greek and after the
destruction there is a mingling of the two d
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