| Mycenaean Citadels C. 1350-1200 BC Contributor(s): Fields, Nic (Author), Spedaliere, Donato (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 184176762X ISBN-13: 9781841767628 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2004 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Ancient - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 623.193 |
| Series: Fortress |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7.2" W x 9.78" (0.49 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |