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The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and Its Survival in Greek Religion Martin Nilsson
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers, Incorporated

The high point of Mycenaean (Mykenai) civilization was from 1600 BC to 1200 BC and because of its importance some of the pottery of this period is named “Mycenaean” and was used all over the Mediterranean world. Epics, the Greeks of prehistory are viewed as the ancestors of the early classical civilization of Homer's own time, while the Mycenaean pantheon included many of the divinities (e.g. These are said to have provided the elasticity that permitted their survival. On a hilltop near Knossos, strong evidence including gruesome skeletal remains suggests that a religious sacrifice was interrupted by an earthquake. The name) in which the author argued that the Roman Empire never actually fell, but became more federated (I bet the Romans living in that federation would have disagreed with the assessment, if they weren't too busy trying to survive to think about it). The great importance of the pre-Socratics lies in their speculative use of reason without reference to myths, authorities, religion, popular opinion, or other sources of knowledge. A team of archaeologists have unearthed five chamber tombs at Ayia Sotira, a cemetery in the Nemea Valley in Greece, just a few hours walk from the ancient city of Mycenae. 2004 The Mycenaeans and the Minoans . I just want to know the historical facts about where they came from, what happened to them, and what their art, religion, customs werewithout a slanted or biased view. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades) attested in later Greek religion. If anyone needs any proof that archaeological interpretation is a largely derivative exercise, drawing its narrative tropes from modern fears and conceits– rather than any realistic divination of the very different character of the past– 1700-1450 BC), when Minoan civilization was at its height.