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  2. Mycenaean Greece - Wikipedia

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    Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. [1] It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.

  3. Tiryns - Wikipedia

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    In the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, it was a flourishing early pre-Hellenic settlement located about 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Mycenae, on a hill 300 m (980 ft) long, 45–100 m (148–328 ft) wide, and no more than 18 m (59 ft) high. From this period, an imposing circular structure survived under the yard of a Mycenaean palace.

  4. Prehistory of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Except for the Hopewell, people of the Early and Middle Woodland periods did not have a dramatic change in their lifestyles, but they all had a richer cultural, architectural, and artistic life. [15] Small villages or substantial campsites were established in northeast Ohio the Middle Woodland period, about 2,000 years ago.

  5. Late Bronze Age collapse - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Assyrian Empire (1392–1056 BC) had destroyed the Hurrian-Mitanni Empire, annexed much of the Hittite Empire and eclipsed the Egyptian Empire. At the beginning of the Late Bronze Age collapse, it controlled an empire stretching from the Caucasus Mountains in the north to the Arabian Peninsula in the south, and from Ancient Iran in ...

  6. Military of Mycenaean Greece - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of Mycenaean chariot was the "dual chariot", which appeared in the middle of the 15th century BC. [32] In 14th century BC, a lighter version appeared, the "rail chariot", which featured an open cab and was most probably used as a battlefield transport rather than a fighting vehicle.

  7. Late Bronze Age Troy - Wikipedia

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    This layer was destroyed around 1050 BC after an apparent earthquake. [8] [10] [6] (pp 66–67) [9] (pp38–40) Troy VIIb3 dates from the Protogeometric era. No new buildings were constructed, so its existence is known primarily from artifacts found in the West Sanctuary and terraces on the south side of the mound.

  8. Dorian invasion - Wikipedia

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    Cist grave in the Mycenaean cemetery at Dendra in the Argolid. Previously associated with the Dorian invasion, such graves are known to have been used throughout the Mycenaean period. [104] The theory that the Dorians invaded the Peloponnese or otherwise migrated there is now rejected as a "scholarly mirage". [105]

  9. Ugarit - Wikipedia

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    A letter sent after Ugarit had been destroyed said: When your messenger arrived, the army was humiliated and the city was sacked. Our food in the threshing floors was burnt and the vineyards were also destroyed. Our city is sacked. May you know it! May you know it! [19] Mycenaean ceramic imported to Ugarit, 14th–13th century BC.