Greece's Dark Age

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After the Bronze Age Collapse, Greece changed dramatically. The palaces were gone, long-distance trade declined, and crafts became much simpler. Most of all, there were fewer people living in Greece than there had been during the Mycenaean period. For all these reasons, scholars have often called this time the "Greek Dark Age." But how dark was it, and what was life like after the palaces fell?

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0:18.2	The boat's keel hit the beach with a grinding crunch.
0:21.8	The three men, the father and his two sons pushed the small craft onto the sand.
0:26.1	They were soaked to the waste, their woolen tunics dripping with water.
0:29.8	Their bare feet slapped against the shingles.
0:31.7	They made their way further away from the waves.
0:33.9	And one cursed is a sharp rock open to cut through his thick cowlis.
0:38.0	With the boat safely ashore, they started to unload thick bundles of wood.
0:41.6	Length of September tied together with strips of leather, hauling their burdens up toward
0:45.3	the town crowded onto the hill above the sea.
0:48.8	Noise rolled over them as they trudged up the slope.
0:51.2	They chatted about the latest happenings in their home village a few hours journey up the
0:54.8	coast while they passed a boat builder near the beach.
0:58.3	The boys razzed iron teeth grinding against the grain and the smell of fresh cut wood filled
1:02.5	their nostrils.
1:04.2	They had brought a delivery of fine timber to the boat builder a few weeks past, and the
1:07.9	smell told them that this was their wood gathered in the hills inland from their home
1:11.2	and brought here to the town.
1:13.6	Voices chattering, yells and cries in simple conversation when they neared the clusters
1:17.4	of two story houses looming over them.
1:20.2	They weren't headed for one of the houses though, making their way through the crowded
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