Title: Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy
Description: "During the last several decades, the extent and variety of movements and relationships between peoples of the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age have been the subject of much debate. Likewise, the intertwined nexus of problems concerning the nature and cadence of the notional 'collapse' of the Mycenaean world at the end of the Late Bronze Age (LBA), its relationship with the following Early Iron Age (EIA), and the articulation of both periods with Archaic and Classical history comprise a similarly popular area of research. This book is an historical study, based on textual and archaeological evidence, that lies at the intersection of these two topics. Geographically the focus is Greece, both the mainland and Crete, but given that this is a study of long-distance trade a broadening of spatial scope will occasionally be appropriate"--
Subjects: Greece, history, Greece, economic conditions, Mycenae (extinct city), Commerce, Imports, History, Social change, Bronze age, Iron age, Economic conditions, Antiquities, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Archaeology, Economic history