Mycenaean Greece

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MYCENAEAN GREECE
In Mycenaean Greece James Hooker discusses from an historical point of view some of the crucial periods in the development of the Aegean lands during the Greek Bronze Age. His principal subject is the so-called 'Mycenaean' culture which arose in Greece during the sixteenth century BC, expanded in the next few generations, spread over the Aegean and parts of the eastern Mediterranean during the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries, and declined in the twelfth century - a decline which was accompanied by widespread devastation.
The introductory chapters discuss the nature of the available evidence and the origin of the 'Helladic' culture of mainland Greece, and this leads to a chronological survey of the Mycenaean age-beginning with the Shaft Grave period. Mr Hooker considers some problems which arise in the study of Minoan Crete, for Mycenaean civilization itself arose from the assimilation of the 'Helladic' culture with the Minoan culture of Bronze Age Crete. He... Tovább

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MYCENAEAN GREECE
In Mycenaean Greece James Hooker discusses from an historical point of view some of the crucial periods in the development of the Aegean lands during the Greek Bronze Age. His principal subject is the so-called 'Mycenaean' culture which arose in Greece during the sixteenth century BC, expanded in the next few generations, spread over the Aegean and parts of the eastern Mediterranean during the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries, and declined in the twelfth century - a decline which was accompanied by widespread devastation.
The introductory chapters discuss the nature of the available evidence and the origin of the 'Helladic' culture of mainland Greece, and this leads to a chronological survey of the Mycenaean age-beginning with the Shaft Grave period. Mr Hooker considers some problems which arise in the study of Minoan Crete, for Mycenaean civilization itself arose from the assimilation of the 'Helladic' culture with the Minoan culture of Bronze Age Crete. He looks at the material aspects of the Mycenaean civilization, the extent of Mycenaean expansion overseas, and describes the end of the Mycenaean age and the destruction of Mycenaean sites. Finally, Mr Hooker examines the evidence for the religious beliefs of the Mycenaeans and for their social, political and economic organization, and he relates the Mycenaean culture to the later civilization of Greece. There is an Appendix containing a list of Mycenaean sites in Greece, with reference to excavadon reports, and a full bibliography. Detailed and authoritative . . . the work certainly deserves and will receive wide reading.' - Peter Warren, The Times 'Literary Supplement
THE AUTHOR
James Hooker is Lecturer in the Department of Greek at University College, London. He has previously taught classics in the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and at the University of California, Berkeley. Vissza