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Mycenaean society was constantly geared for battle and invasion. Their ‘cities’ were heavy fortresses with unimaginably thick perimeter walls. Legendary sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Krisa, the Athenian Acropolis and Gla are all representative of their fortified citadels that dominated the Greek countryside for some 300 years until their sudden decline and abandonment around 1100 BC. This title describes the golden age of these fortifications; it details how these formidable show more structures were constructed and extended, as well as revealing the elaborate palace complexes built by the great Mycenaean warlords immortalised in the verses of Homer’s Iliad. show lessTags
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The real charm of this particular booklet in this series are the fascinating reconstructions of the citadels in question. Beyond that, this also works as an introduction to the Late Bronze Age collapse that ended the culture that created these fortresses.
A good little overview. It makes use of basic tables, maps and interesting illustration. If you knew nothing about the topic, it would be a good starter.
An Osprey box, #22 in their Fortress series. There are not enough reconstructed illustrations, but there are cost considerations. It is a pretty ordinary Osprey, but it does have an Aegean Sea map with the fortresses on it. The text is best on the Sites section, and the cultural section is extremely limited, but there are those drawings. It's not worth the $18.95, but I got mine second hand.
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Dr Nic Fields a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh
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- Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC
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