Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC (Fortress)

Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC (Fortress)
by Nic Fields

Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC (Fortress)
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Author: Nic Fields
Illustrator: Donato Spedaliere
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-07-25
ISBN: 184176762X
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

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Book Review: A good, short overview
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a short, 60-page book that offers great information with original artwork. There are many reconstructions in this book of how the palaces probably looked back then. I didn't give it 5 stars because I wish they had moe reconstructions of how the palaces looked inside the rooms. They focused mainly on the outside. I also didn't give it 5 stars becuase some of the sections are very short and rather vague, leaving me wondering what exactly the author meant. For example, they devote a section to talking about how expensive it was to maintain horses, ending the section with "To find the two-horsed war chariot depicted in Mycenean art need occasion no surprise." I am left wondering why. Becuase they were so expensive, it's no wonder they're made a big deal of in art? It just seems like it could have been better explained.

The information seems accurate, in accordance with other books I've read. There is also information on the armour, along with some pictures. On the whole, a good, short source of additional information with helpful reconstructions that show people in ancient dress walking about.

Reconstructions include:
Lion Gate
Mycenae
The Secret Cistern of Mycenae
Tiryns - the entire palace
Tiryns - section of the palace
Gla
Pylos - section of palace
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Summary of Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC (Fortress)

Mycenaean society was constantly geared for battle and invasion. Their ?cities? were heavy fortresses with unimaginably thick perimeter walls. Legendary sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Krisa, the Athenian Acropolis and Gla are all representative of their fortified citadels that dominated the Greek countryside for some 300 years until their sudden decline and abandonment around 1100 BC. This title describes the golden age of these fortifications; it details how these formidable structures were constructed and extended, as well as revealing the elaborate palace complexes built by the great Mycenaean warlords immortalised in the verses of Homer?s Iliad.

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