Re:Civilizational Collapse, Part 4
by arethuza on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:15AM
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I guess one question there would be which Greek civilisation - there was a significant collapse of civilisation (the "Late Bronze Age collapse") starting around 1200BC or so:
The works of Homer, written down much later, are probably based on oral histories of the times before this collapse. There still seems a lot of debate as to what caused this widespread collapse.
What I find fascinating is that there are vast ruins like Gla that aren't even mentioned by Homer that appear to date from just before this time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse
The works of Homer, written down much later, are probably based on oral histories of the times before this collapse. There still seems a lot of debate as to what caused this widespread collapse.
What I find fascinating is that there are vast ruins like Gla that aren't even mentioned by Homer that appear to date from just before this time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gla