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Badmash · 01-22-2017, 10:13 PM

Depending on how closely you want to model your setting on, you may want to consider some of these books as sources. 1177 is a good place to start.

The best book I've seen for the theory of a new type is Robert Drews' book, The End of the Bronze Age.

A good book concerning the Mycenaean place age is The Mycenaean World, by Frank Chadwick (who helped Ventris translate Linear B). One of the major surprises (and disappointments to the folks hoping to read of heroic swashbuckling derring-do in the original language) was that the documents revealed an extremely centralized, bureaucratic society.

Sing Goddess, of the stores of Achilles; Four chariots, six ingots of bronze, four helmets... Homer's version is more entertaining.

One thing to consider is that the scribes vital to the palace system. The palaces shouldn't function without them, and conversely, the scribes couldn't endure without the palaces.

Another book you should consider is Michael Wood's book In Search of the Trojan War. The book was originally written as a companion to a BBC series by the same name. If you can find the series on DVD, you may find that interesting as well. The book has been through several revisions through the years as new information has come to light.

Dan Howard, whose name you'll likely recognize, has a book, Bronze Age Military Equipment.

01-22-2017, 10:13 PM	#22
Badmash Join Date: May 2011 Location: Falls Church, VA	Re: Apocalypse 1177 BC Depending on how closely you want to model your setting on, you may want to consider some of these books as sources. 1177 is a good place to start. The best book I've seen for the theory of a new type is Robert Drews' book, The End of the Bronze Age. A good book concerning the Mycenaean place age is The Mycenaean World, by Frank Chadwick (who helped Ventris translate Linear B). One of the major surprises (and disappointments to the folks hoping to read of heroic swashbuckling derring-do in the original language) was that the documents revealed an extremely centralized, bureaucratic society. Sing Goddess, of the stores of Achilles; Four chariots, six ingots of bronze, four helmets... Homer's version is more entertaining. One thing to consider is that the scribes vital to the palace system. The palaces shouldn't function without them, and conversely, the scribes couldn't endure without the palaces. Another book you should consider is Michael Wood's book In Search of the Trojan War. The book was originally written as a companion to a BBC series by the same name. If you can find the series on DVD, you may find that interesting as well. The book has been through several revisions through the years as new information has come to light. Dan Howard, whose name you'll likely recognize, has a book, Bronze Age Military Equipment.