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From Joshua’s Jericho to Romulus’ Rome, the true chronicle of our pre-Christian past is uncovered – layer by layer, inscription by inscription and artefact by artefact – to reveal an extraordinary historical picture. There really was an ‘Heroic Age’ of brazen-clad warriors, the last of which fought before the walls of Troy, just as described in Homer’s Iliad. However, the fall of Troy is one of the last chapters in this epic story of our ancestors.Two thousand years before the assassination of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate – new people appeared on the stage of history to join the great civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. They had many legendary names – the Divine Pelasgians of Greece, the Luwians of Troy and western Anatolia, the Rephaim and Anakim of the Bible, and the Hyksos rulers of Avaris who suppressed Egypt for generations. Their heroes and heroines are legionary: Inachus – mythical king of Argos; the beautiful Princess Io who married an Egyptian pharaoh; Danaus – the Hyksos ruler who, fleeing from Egypt, triggered the Heroic Age of Greece; Minos – the high-king of Knossos who built the infamous Labyrinth; Mopsus – warrior and sage who led a vast army in a daring att
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rohl, David
- Publisher
- Random House
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Ancient History, Humanities
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