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After the collapse of the great Mycenaean palaces around 1200 BC, Greece entered a period often called the Greek Dark Age.

But was it really an age of darkness?

In Episode 3 of Before the Cross: The History of the World That Made Christianity, we explore how Greek communities survived the collapse of palace government and gradually built a new civilization.

We'll discover what happened to Linear B writing, examine the rise of ironworking and renewed Mediterranean trade, explore the oral traditions that eventually shaped Homer's great epics, and follow the development of the Greek alphabet and the early city-state.

Along the way, we'll visit a coastal Greek settlement, meet a young potter's apprentice, and share a historical meal where storytelling and the first written letters illuminate a changing world.

The Mycenaean palaces were gone. But Greece was not.


Runtime: 52 minutes, 35 seconds.


Further Reading and Historical References


Selected scholarly references:

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