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The end of the Greek Bronze Age

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Philip P. Betancourt
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Many scholars have examined the changes that occurred in Greek life around the twelfth century BC. After a period of great prosperity during Late Helladic III B, there followed an era of war, uncertainty, and cultural disintegration that was part of a general upheaval extending from Italy to the Near East. In Greece the disruption was especially pronounced, and many areas were left relatively unpopulated. The ensuing ‘Dark Age’ witnessed the birth of a profoundly different society.

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Antiquity , Volume 50 , Issue 197 , March 1976 , pp. 40 - 47
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1976

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