Luke Caverns
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But with Greece, you have this added element of literature and that is incredibly vast. And there's so many sources to bounce back and forth from. And also learning the language is such an intense part of being an expert in Greece. So I never talked about it publicly because it's too nuanced for me to talk about. But as a hobby, I had been looking into it.
And somewhere along the way, I was going through Google Earth, through a museum in Athens, and then another one in Crete. Now, so you have these, you have several different ages of Greek history. Two biggest ones are the classical period, the height of Athenian democracy, the war, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and Athens.
And somewhere along the way, I was going through Google Earth, through a museum in Athens, and then another one in Crete. Now, so you have these, you have several different ages of Greek history. Two biggest ones are the classical period, the height of Athenian democracy, the war, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and Athens.
And somewhere along the way, I was going through Google Earth, through a museum in Athens, and then another one in Crete. Now, so you have these, you have several different ages of Greek history. Two biggest ones are the classical period, the height of Athenian democracy, the war, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and Athens.
But then you have this older age, the Age of Heroes, the end of the Bronze Age, which is where the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Trojan War takes place during this time. That's also a deep fascination of mine. Like probably so many people throughout the last 3,000 years, that's been most people's first fascination with history.
But then you have this older age, the Age of Heroes, the end of the Bronze Age, which is where the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Trojan War takes place during this time. That's also a deep fascination of mine. Like probably so many people throughout the last 3,000 years, that's been most people's first fascination with history.
But then you have this older age, the Age of Heroes, the end of the Bronze Age, which is where the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Trojan War takes place during this time. That's also a deep fascination of mine. Like probably so many people throughout the last 3,000 years, that's been most people's first fascination with history.
And so where this mainly takes place is in the Peloponnese and on the island of Crete. This is where the Minoan civilization existed. And the two major players in the late Bronze Age is you have two cultures. You have the Minoan culture and you have the Mycenaeans. And when was this? I mean, this is anywhere from, let's give it rough numbers, 2000 to 1000 BC.
And so where this mainly takes place is in the Peloponnese and on the island of Crete. This is where the Minoan civilization existed. And the two major players in the late Bronze Age is you have two cultures. You have the Minoan culture and you have the Mycenaeans. And when was this? I mean, this is anywhere from, let's give it rough numbers, 2000 to 1000 BC.
And so where this mainly takes place is in the Peloponnese and on the island of Crete. This is where the Minoan civilization existed. And the two major players in the late Bronze Age is you have two cultures. You have the Minoan culture and you have the Mycenaeans. And when was this? I mean, this is anywhere from, let's give it rough numbers, 2000 to 1000 BC.
More accurately, maybe like 1800 to 1200 BC. And then you have these frays at the beginning where it's building and where it's falling. And so, I mean, these are major players in the ancient world. But there are these lost civilizations, basically, that all we have left are the ruins. They didn't leave us literature. And the literature that they left us is very limited.
More accurately, maybe like 1800 to 1200 BC. And then you have these frays at the beginning where it's building and where it's falling. And so, I mean, these are major players in the ancient world. But there are these lost civilizations, basically, that all we have left are the ruins. They didn't leave us literature. And the literature that they left us is very limited.
More accurately, maybe like 1800 to 1200 BC. And then you have these frays at the beginning where it's building and where it's falling. And so, I mean, these are major players in the ancient world. But there are these lost civilizations, basically, that all we have left are the ruins. They didn't leave us literature. And the literature that they left us is very limited.
This is the mystery of linear A and B, which are basically just, they're like ledgers for keeping up with goods and things like that. But I find these civilizations very interesting. I find the Minoans really, really interesting. So you have the city of Mycenae. This is probably important to know. You have the city of Mycenae, which is in the Peloponnese.
This is the mystery of linear A and B, which are basically just, they're like ledgers for keeping up with goods and things like that. But I find these civilizations very interesting. I find the Minoans really, really interesting. So you have the city of Mycenae. This is probably important to know. You have the city of Mycenae, which is in the Peloponnese.
This is the mystery of linear A and B, which are basically just, they're like ledgers for keeping up with goods and things like that. But I find these civilizations very interesting. I find the Minoans really, really interesting. So you have the city of Mycenae. This is probably important to know. You have the city of Mycenae, which is in the Peloponnese.
And this is the major Bronze Age superpower in Greece, led by, if you've seen the movie Troy, you know the king Agamemnon? Well, he's the king of Mycenae. And he leads this huge campaign where he essentially, as the story goes, unites all the kingdoms of Greece into this empire, and they launch this war against Troy.
And this is the major Bronze Age superpower in Greece, led by, if you've seen the movie Troy, you know the king Agamemnon? Well, he's the king of Mycenae. And he leads this huge campaign where he essentially, as the story goes, unites all the kingdoms of Greece into this empire, and they launch this war against Troy.
And this is the major Bronze Age superpower in Greece, led by, if you've seen the movie Troy, you know the king Agamemnon? Well, he's the king of Mycenae. And he leads this huge campaign where he essentially, as the story goes, unites all the kingdoms of Greece into this empire, and they launch this war against Troy.
Now, Troy, you know, the famous reason behind this is that Helen of Sparta leaves with one of the princes of Troy and goes off to Troy, and so they launch this war to go get her back. But if there really is a Trojan War, which I think there probably really was one, it was probably actually for access to the Black Sea because Troy controlled the ports from the Aegean to the Black Sea.