Ravaging the wine dark sea : attacks on Crete by sea raiders during the Bronze Age /
Age as a time of peace. Evidence shows, however, that Bronze
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | Age as a time of peace. Evidence shows, however, that Bronze Age Crete was not always peaceful. The end of the Bronze Age archaeological excavations on Crete early this century built a navy and kept the sea free of pirates. The first coasts, the use of refuge sites, and the construction of fortifications. The pattern of these occurrences suggests have existed on the Cretan coast unless the Minoans had historian Thucydides stated that king Minos of Crete had historical tradition, scholars interpreted the Cretan Bronze in earlier times as well. In seemed inconceivable that unprotected settlements could indeed possessed a strong navy. Blending archaeology and Mediterranean, and Crete was no exception. On Crete, the end most interesting and enigmatic of the ancient world. Writing of the Bronze Age was accompanied by abandonment of the of the Bronze Age, there is evidence that such raids occurred over half a millennium after the end of the Bronze Age, the revealed many unfortified sites lying close to the coasts. that they were due in large part to attacks from the sea. The Minoan civilization of Bronze Age Crete is one of the was a time of great destruction in many parts of the eastern While evidence for sea raids is most pronounced near the end |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Anthropology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 145 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 136-144. |