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Around the same time, the Egyptian empire was invaded by marauding sea bandits, called the Sea People, and the ancient Mycenaean culture of Greece collapsed. The ancient Hittite empire of Anatolia began a precipitous decline around 3,300 B.C. "The classical Greek folks knew from the very beginning that they were coming out of a dark age," said Brandon Lee Drake, an archaeologist at the University of New Mexico, who was not involved in the study.
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about a legendary war between Sparta and Troy, paints a picture of sophisticated Greek city-states, which archaeological evidence suggests once existed. Homer's "Iliad," written in the eighth century B.C. Lost golden periodĮven during the heyday of Classical Greek civilization, there were hints of an earlier culture that was lost. The resulting famine and conflict may help explain why the entire Hittite culture, chariot-riding people who ruled most of the region of Anatolia, vanished from the planet, according to a study published in August in the journal PLOS ONE. A 300-year drought may have caused the demise of several Mediterranean cultures, including ancient Greece, new research suggests.Ī sharp drop in rainfall may have led to the collapse of several eastern Mediterranean civilizations, including ancient Greece, around 3,200 years ago.