Aegean civilization
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Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this te
Reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos
Late Bronze Age collapse
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The Late Bronze Age collapse was a period of societal collapse in the Mediterranean basin during the late 13th to early 12th century BC. It is thought to have affected much of the Eastern Mediterranea
Aegean civilization
…Syria and Egypt. Regarding the Cyrenaica, we are still insufficiently informed. End Invasions, destruction and possible population movements during the Late Bronze Age collapse, beginning c. 1200 BC The final collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation appears to have occurred about 1200 BC. Iron took the place of bronze, cremation…
The Hittite Empire around 1300 BC
Ruins of the Sphinx Gate entrance to the Hittite city of Hattusa
Marching soldiers on the Warrior Vase, c. 1200 BC, a krater from Mycenae
View of the Megaron of the palace at Tiryns, one of the many Greek palaces destroyed during the Bronze Age Collapse