World History › Section E · The ancient Mediterranean › Topic E.1
Early Mediterranean peoples and the Bronze Age
Before classical Greece and Rome, the eastern Mediterranean was a connected world of palaces, kings and merchant ships. This topic follows the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the collapse that ended their age, and the Phoenicians, Greeks and Etruscans who rebuilt Mediterranean trade in the age of iron.
In this topic
- A Late Bronze Age world system
- Worked example: the Uluburun shipwreck
- Minoan Crete
- Mycenaean Greece
- Worked example: Homer and Troy
- The collapse around 1200 BCE
- The coming of iron
- The Phoenicians
- The alphabet
- Greek colonists and the Etruscans
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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