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Jun 2

1/ The Spartans were not the indigenous inhabitants of the Eurotas valley, but were a component of the Dorian migrations that took place during the 11th century BC, when population groups living on the periphery of the former Mycenaean world set out from their original cradles 👉

👉 in central and northwestern Greece and migrated to the Peloponnese. The original inhabitants of Laconia were the Lacedaemonians, known from Mycenaean texts (ra-ke-da-mi-ni-jo / TH Gp 227 / Kadmeia), who were Achaeans, fully integrated into the Mycenaean world.

2/ During most of the Bronze Age, Lacedaemon was fragmented into scattered and in some cases isolated agricultural communities. However, the things changed during the early palatial period when a centralized elite settled in the palace of Hagios Vasileios, 👉

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May 25

1/ During the 8th century BC, the Assyrians, under the leadership of powerful kings, expanded their rule in Syro-Palestine, seeking direct access to the harbors of the Mediterranean and mainly control of the rich Phoenician cities (access to precious metals, timber, fabrics).

2/In 722 BC, when the ambitious Sargon II ascended the throne, the Assyrian military operations were intensified with most important success, the capture of Tyre, the most wealthy Phoenician city that, through its powerful merchant fleet, had emerged as a great power of the time.

3/ However, the Assyrians' exit to the Mediterranean coast brought them into contact with new challenges, unknown to them until then. In the late 8th century BC, Greek merchants from Ionia, Cyprus and the mainland developed trade networks that directly competed with the 👉

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May 1

1/ According to the Linear B' tablets found in the Palace of Pylos, Poseidon appears to have held the central position in the religious pantheon, surpassing Zeus in importance. He was the patron of the royal house and the city at large, as well as the main recipient of offerings.

2/ Poseidon as the patron god of Pylos constituted the cornerstone of the organisation of the kingdom. The Pylian wanax derived the right to rule as a descendant of Poseidon. According to mythology, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pylos, Neleus, was the son of Poseidon.

3/ At the same time, the tablets of Pylos demonstrate the main role played by the worship of Poseidon in the economic activity of the kingdom, as the palace managed large areas of land belonging to the god (sacred lands). These areas of land were called ktoines and 👉

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Apr 29

1/ Recent excavations at the site of Yassitepe Höyük (Bornova, Smyrna) have demonstrated a strong Mycenaean cultural influence, testifying that this particular settlement was an important center of trade and cultural contact between the Mycenaean Aegean and Western Anatolia.

2/ Specifically, Myc palatial pottery (pithoi and amphorae) was found, which was considered a luxury item for the time, as well as cist tombs and burials in pithoi that show clear Myc funerary influences. The Myc artifacts were found together with indigenous Anatolian products.

3/ These findings suggest that the region of Smyrna Gulf was part of a wider contact zone between the Mycenaeans (Ahhiyawans) and Anatolia (Hittite vassal kingdoms). It is likely that some Mycenaean merchants or artisans had settled at Yassitepe Höyük, 👉

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Apr 24

1/ In the 7th century BC, the strong city-state of Corinth founded the colony of Ambracia in an effort to consolidate its trade presence in the West and to relieve various internal social tensions. A recent genetic study illuminates some important aspects of this colonial effort.

2/ The genetic data support that the colonists came from the rural area of Tenea and that the colonial undertaking took the form of an organized movement of families and populations, with the result that Amvrakia was not simply a Corinthian trading post, 👉

👉 but a community with strong biological and cultural ties to the metropolis. The intermixing with the local Epirotic populations took place gradually over the centuries, but during the Archaic era it was almost non-existent (South - Helladic gene flow).

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Apr 12

Who are responsible for the destruction of Knossos in 1370 BC?

SCENARIO TWO:

The Mycenaean Knossos acquired such great power that it eventually became a major threat to the Mycenaean rulers of the mainland, who eventually turned it into a pile of ruins.
#Mycenaeans #Minoans

1/ During the first half of the 15th century BC, Crete found itself in the throes of intense internal political and social instability, which resulted in the weakening of its strategic power to such an extent that it became easy prey for the Mycenaean warlords.

2/ The Mycenaeans, who had dramatically increased their power, took advantage of a multi-level opportunity: the Minoan fleet had suffered heavy damage from the Minoan Eruption to ships and naval bases, the Minoan cities were essentially unfortified, they were superior in 👉

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