Trojan Wars

1190 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Troy appears to have been destroyed around 1180 B.C., probably by a war the city lost. There is evidence of a conflagration, some skeletons, and heaps of sling bullets. 85000

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Greek Dark Ages

1100 BC-12-01 00:00:00 refers to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in[…]

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Phoenician Alphabet

1000 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BC. Before then the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Phoenician alphabet come from[…]

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Olmec City of La Venta

0900 BC-12-01 00:00:00 La Venta was inhabited by people of the Olmec Culture from 1200 BC until 400 BC after which the site appears to have been abandoned. It is believed to have been an[…]

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