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Collapse & Iron Age

1200 BCE - 800 BCE. After the Bronze Age collapse, old empires weaken and new powers learn to negotiate.

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Ancient Egypt / 1070 BCE

Around 1070 BCE, Wenamun sailed from Thebes to Phoenicia for cedar wood, revealing an Egypt forced to negotiate where it once commanded.

Third Intermediate Period Inside this period

Greek World / 1180 BCE

The tragic and prophetic death of Ulysses, the last hero of Greek mythology.

Greek Mythology Inside this period

Greek World / 800 BCE

Lycurgus, half history and half legend, gave Sparta its discipline, austerity, mixed constitution, agoge, and terrifying civic ideal.

Archaic Greece Inside this period

Roman World / 753 BCE

Rome, between Arcadia, Troy, and Hercules: the Greek founding myths that shaped the identity and memory of the Eternal City.

Archaic Rome 47 years from this period

Greek World / 1250 BCE

Zeus deceives Alcmene, Hera delays Heracles' birth, and divine jealousy transforms a child into Greece's greatest hero.

Greek Mythology 50 years from this period

Greek World / 700 BCE

Penelope, queen of Ithaca, defies the suitors with her shroud and recognizes Odysseus by the olive-bed: a Homeric timeline and analysis.

Archaic Greece 100 years from this period

Ancient Near East / 600 BCE

Lilith, Adam, Eve, Genesis, and later Jewish traditions: a journey through double creation, rebellion, patriarchy, and myth.

Biblical Traditions 200 years from this period

Greek World / 600 BCE

Sappho of Mytilene, the lyric poetess of Lesbos, gave ancient Greek poetry a voice of desire, memory, women, music, and immortality.

Archaic Greece 200 years from this period

Ancient Near East / 560 BCE

From Mesopotamian silver ingots to Lydian coinage, the story of money leads to Croesus, Sardis, Delphi, and the fragile pride of wealth.

Lydian Kingdom 240 years from this period