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The Bronze Age lasted from about 1450 B.C. to 550 B.C. when there was a gradual transition into the Iron Age. This was the time Homer wrote about in
the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Discoveries: The Bronze Age in Europe is co-authored by Jean-Pierre Mohen and Christiane Eluere. The book is about the size of a Readers' Digest with a little more heft. At first glance it seems on
the smallish side for the price ($12.95), but there is quite a bit of information combined with pictures and photographs. The pages are glossy and in color. The two-page painting of the "Palace of Minos" is wonderfully detailed. The font is a bit small and crowded which may bother readers with eye trouble.
The Bronze Age in Europe is divided into the following sections:
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Did the Bronze Age Exist?
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The First Use of Metals
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Mycenaeans in the Heart of Europe
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From Forces of Nature to the Birth of Mythology
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The High Bronze Age: a Time of Upheaval?
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A "Documents quote appendix that talks about such things as literature in the Bronze Age and some recent archaeological discoveries related to the Bronze Age such as "Otzi" the primitive man found in a glacier in 1991.
All in all, the book is an interesting read. In Ancient Studies classes, much of this time period is
often glossed over in a rush to get to the classical world. The Bronze Age in Europe gives a fairly in-depth overview of the peoples that existed before
The Greece of the Peloponnesian War.
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