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The Greek Dark Ages is the period of Greek history from the end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization around 1100 BC to the beginning of the Archaic age around 750 BC. The archaeological evidence shows a widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean world at
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See moreThe Mycenaean civilization started to collapse from 1200 BC. Archaeology suggests that around 1100 BC, the palace centers and outlying settlements of the Mycenaeans' highly organized culture began to be abandoned or
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See moreWith the collapse of the palatial centers, no more monumental stone buildings were built and the practice of wall painting may have ceased; writing in the Linear B script ceased, vital trade links
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See moreCyprus was inhabited by a mix of "Pelasgians" and Phoenicians, joined during this period by the first Greek settlements. Potters in Cyprus initiated
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See moreAround this time large-scale revolts took place in several parts of the eastern Mediterranean and attempt to overthrow existing kingdoms were
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