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The military nature of Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600–1100 BC) in the Late Bronze Age is evident by the numerous weapons unearthed, warrior and combat representations in contemporary art, as well as by the preserved Greek Linear B records.
The Mycenaean military was a formidable force in the Late Bronze Age, characterized by its well-equipped and organized warrior class, advanced fortifications, and effective use of chariots and infantry.
8 Ιουν 2021 · A warrior in full panoply would have been an impressive figure on a chariot. Chariots – light, two-wheeled vehicles drawn by a team of horses – were introduced to the Aegean early during the Late Bronze Age, most likely via Anatolia. Evidence for the Aegean chariot is mostly pictorial.
Although the exact causation is still debated among archaeologists and historians, the collapse of many, if not all of the Mycenaean population centers, ushered in a dramatic change in the weapons, tactics, and the very nature of Mycenaean warfare.
This paper investigates these early iconographic and literary accounts, asking whether they should be seen as “warfare” in the formal sense, as piratical (and anti-piratical) naval operations, or as a combination of both, and seeking to define these terms in the context of the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age transition.
Mycenae was inhabited for several millennia before the start of the Bronze Age and remained occupied, if not prosperous, for at least a millennium after its end. The site lies on a rocky knoll between two hills in the northeast corner of the Argive plain some eight miles from the sea.
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.
