CLST 200 Chapter 1: ReadingsWeek1
12 Oct 2016
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Decipherment of linear b by michael ventris in 1952 showed us that fortresses like mycenae and pylos and knossos were ruled by greek speakers during mid and late second millennium. Mycenaean relations with the hittites: the tawagalawas letter. Commercial activity of mycenaean"s through central and eastern mediterranean basin. Inscriptions and tomb paintings show diplomatic relations between aegean and. Relations with kingdom of achaea and the hittite empire in central anatolia. King hattusili iii of the hittites (ca. 1267-1237 bc) writes to king of achaea to apologize for invading city of miletus while in pursuit of a freebooter: letter makes reference to previous tension between achaea and hattusili. The sea peoples and the end of the bronze age. Bronze age in greece ended with destruction of mycenaean palaces and their culture and widespread depopulation during 12 c. Inscription from medinet-habu, the mortuary temple of egyptian king ramses iii (ca.
