Knossos, Mycenae, Troy : the enchanting Bronze Age and its tumultuous climax / Natale Barca.

"This work puts a particular emphasis on the mixing and osmosis of the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline, which are to be identified in a jumble of natural and human causes, and in a long-la...

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Main Author: Barca, Natale (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, [2023]
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Physical Description:xx, 252 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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