This is the period of history when the classic gods of mythology were born.

Dman you must be the only one covering these events massive respect

Fun fact: Today, the Northwest province of Peloponnese, Elis, is split into two with the south still called Elis and the north, Achaea. However, the root province of the Achaeans is Argolis (northeast), with its old capital Mycenae. The capital later changed to Argos, which is also the root place of the dynasty of Alexander the Great.

Wow, so this is great... I've read a little bit about possible contacts between the Hittites and Mycenaeans and supposed letters between the two from the archives at Hattusa, but never came across something like this with such great detail, maps and machinimas. This is honestly a great video, thanks so much for creating this and shedding light to this extremely interesting by mostly unknown history. I mean, we've all heard of the Trojan War, but most don't know the real history of Bronze Age Greece and the nature of their presence in western Anatolia. Looking forward to the next one!

The fact that you do it all by yourself is impressive, it looks really good.

I remember that according to Hittite records, the Achaeans had 100 chariots in this army and scholars think it may have ended in a duel as only 1 casualty from each side is recorded

very very interestied in the Luwians, who seem to have survived the collapse

I really like your summary about the bronze Age expansion of Acheans in Anatolia but could you tell more about the sources enabling to tell this story please ?

Bro... ... So immersing, interesting

All our legends and myths come from this era but most Greeks know nothing about this era. Classic and Hellenistic Greek history dominate our school system. Bronze age was covered in a few chapters in the sixth grade when I was at school. After this nothing.

Awesome video! I can’t believe it took me this long to find ur channel. Glad I’m here 🎉

great job bro, well told.

This was very interesting!

could you please include in the description the bibliographic sources? that would be like the cherry on top of the pie👍

SO INTERESTING ISSUE! THANKS, A LOT! I APPRECIATE SO PRESIOUS INFORMATION!

These vedios are awesome. Everyone in the world should know this, of the Great Hittites

You have such a gentle voice ..this video is so informing .. can you make a video of the history of ancient Greece..like its first settlers

At last, I was hoping you'd bring up Attarsiya ❤

Vast speculation & extrapolation from known facts here, but I have to admit the manner in which the dots were connected is both possible & satisfying. So it *could* have happened just this way.

This is a great video, but I tell my students they should include their sources of information. Could you include a list of where you found the translated Hittite documents? Are there any other historical documents that you used? I would like to share this with my students.

It seems that Achaeans prefer to make weapon almost similar to weapons of King Hittite of Hatustusa/Ahhiyawa,the three holes at the base of King's sword.That's two holes at the base of my Achaeans copper/bronze Tongue-like sword.

Interesting. But I wonder what of this is supported by some documents and what is your hypothesis?

Who was the king of Mycenae in 1450 BC, who sent a delegation or who went to meet with Thutmose III? Was it King Abas?

What is a Colflict?

What are your sources for this conflict?

You're dealing with such interesting subject matter. But this information is HIGHLY speculative. It's a real shame that your desire to present a coherent narrative overshadows your desire to present the subject accurately. At the very least you should state your sources clearly, and clearly label speculation as speculation rather than fact. I enjoy your videos and you're doing a great job with the production values. I can see that a lot of effort goes into them.

That Madyattes guy must have been the most treacherous coward of that time lol. Running away and backstabbing ALL his neighborhood.

Wait , isnt war in middle east and aegean is dominated by chariot warfare and rarely pure infantry battles?

Knossos looks and reminds me of gnosis.. weird :D

Lykia?????

please create a playlist of all your videos together.

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And after this video, and the other about the mycenaean society, it's time to open up laptop, and put up a coastal raid on the Anatolian coast in bronze age TW. (ROME 1, not the mod for Rome 2 where only custom battles are available). Or maybe against the northern villages? Only poor peoples live there, few gold, but are a good source of slaves. An easy prey, the Asian cities are well defended instead. Whatever area I will raid, it's clear that we all hate the hittites here. 😂

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