mycenaean greece

  1. Teriyaki

    What if Poseidon was the chief deity of the Olympians, not Zeus?

    I'm a really big mythology buff and love learning about little known pieces of world myths. In a recent video I was interested to learn that Poseidon, not Zeus, was considered the chief deity of Mycenaean Greece, the last vestige of the Bronze Age that lasted roughly from 1750 BC to 1050 BC...
  2. Hittites pull an ottoman after bronze age collapse

    Hittites survive the bronze age collapse by defeating the sea peoples and subduing the kaskas. Hittites create a near monopoly on iron. They conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Caucasus, Levant and Grecce emerging as the strongest power in world
  3. The Philistines attempt to exterminate all of the Jews

    Here are facts about the ancient Philistines: 1. The ancient Philistines can clearly conquer and exterminate all of the Jews. 2. The Philistines can clearly decisively crush all of the revolts of the Jews against them. 3. The weak Jews never subdued, defeated, or conquered the Philistines...
  4. The Palace of the Red Land - An Alternate History of the Minoan Civilization
    Threadmarks: Part I: The Voyage to Haven

    The Palace of the Red Land ‘’My lords, we have had our fill of the good things we have shared, and of the banquet’s boon companion, the harp. Let us go out of doors now and try our hands at various sports so that when our guest has reached his house he can tell his friends that at boxing...
  5. AltoRegnant

    WI: Poseidon Remains King Of The Gods in Greek Mythology?

    In Myceanean Greece, the head olympian wasn't Zeus, but Poseidon, god of the seas and earthquakes. He was worshipped more in a cthonic (earth/underworld) context than the oceans however. Zeus's significance as a sky god came after the bronze age collapse. So, with a pod after the collapse, how...
  6. WI: Mycenaean Greek civilization survived

    Let's say Mycenaean Greek civilization somehow survived the Late Bronze Age collapse in some form or another. What changes might this have caused?
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