The Origins of Greek Civilization: 1100-650 B.C.

When the great citadel of Mycenae, then the center of the Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B.C., what followed was a "dark age" that left no written records. But rich archaeological records show conclusively that there was a radical discontinuity between Mycenaean-Minoan culture and Greek civilization. Chester G. Starr argues that true Greek civilization was swiftly and spontaneously generated in a remarkably autonomous renaissance during the two centuries from 850 to 650 B.C. Supporting his thesis with archaeological evidence previously unavailable to historians, he offers a masterly reconstruction of an obscure and important period of Greek history.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/1991
ISBN: 9780393307795
Pages: 438
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.50w x 0.79d