Dark Age Greece – History of Greece
Submycenaean octopus jar from Dark Age Greece Dark Age isolation and poverty After most of the Mycenaean palaces were destroyed around 1200 BC, nobody rebuilt them. The only palace we [...]
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Economy in Archaic Greece
Archaic Greek economy: A black-figure vase showing a blacksmith at work (Athens, about 550 BC) Not much trade in the Dark Ages During the political collapse of the Greek Dark [...]
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Dark Age Greek sculpture
Clay figurine of a centaur (half-man, half-horse). From Lefkandi, Greece If the Greeks did not produce big statues in the Bronze Age, they certainly could not afford to in the [...]
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Dark Age Greek pottery
Dark Age Greek pottery: a Sub-Mycenaean octopus jar The end of the Bronze Age With the collapse of Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC, Mycenaean pottery also went downhill. Minoan and [...]
