Thebes - History of the City in Bronze Age (3200-1100 BC)

The city of legendary Cadmus has been one of the most famed and celebrated poleis in Greek mythology. However, beyond myth and legend, laid a formidable Bronze Age citadel that became one of the most important centers of the Mycenaean Greece. This is history of Thebes in the Bronze Age.

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[odysseus]

Another great video! The art style keeps getting better! So glad you included Ogyges, his is one of the most mysterious stories in mythology!

[richardarcher]

Great potted history of Thebes. Interesting to note that the mainland Greeks of the bronze age seem to have developed their own cities and palaces around the same time as the Minoans although they never reached the same levels of urban sophistication.

It is interesting to note the prevalence of warfare amongst them (no surprise there) but it does put the attested Cretan arms industry of the day in a new light. While I doubt the Minoans were the pacifists that some scholarship claims it does raise the question of their armaments and if they were manufactured for the Mycenean arms market.

[kimberlyperrotis]

Wonderful, I’ve never learned much detail about Thebes, until now! While very important, Athens, which most content focuses on, was not the only amazing and influential Polis in the Greek World.

[TheVinceLyons]

Do you have a video or can you do a video on Epaminondas?

[apollo]

Good Video. I enjoy learning about the origin stories of settlements/cities in ancient Greece, especially when they go back as far as the stone age's.

[petrapetrakoliou]

Nice presentation, thank you! would be good to see also the remains of that palace in Thebes, recently dug up.

[Mr.Goldtop]

A nice video full of information. I just wish we had a greater understanding of those times in history. But being that it was so long ago I guess we are fortunate to have what we have.

[Rithymna]

Just finished watching the video, excellent presentation as always!

[petertodorov]

Thebes must have been a poweful rival to the Pelloponesians that they would have sent two expeditions against her

[joeshmoe]

Great, thanks for sharing with us FANAX

[matusbarbuscak]

Great video, I would welcome some photos from actual excavations in the locality, that would put it on a level higher. Keep making great contend.

[pgsa]

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[taybak]

Very interesting info. Please tell me if I can visit Thebes' Mycenean era palace and citadel? I will visit Greece this year and want to see Bronze Age sites including Mycenae, Pylos, Dendra, Thebes. Thank you.

[GeorgeMoulos]

What is the Egyptian inscription you referred to at 12;46?

[hamm]

Any thoughts on the letter found at Thebes that may imply at some point the theban king was the king of ahhiyawa?

[mercianthane]

Cadmus is certainly quite an old figure, perhaps a local thebian deity, and the writing system that he supposedely brought to Greece is Linear B.

I'm glad that Thebes managed to survive the collapse, I wonder what could be the reasons for that.

[Linduine]

Wanax, what do you think about the theory that the ''Phoenician'' part of Cadmus actually derives from the tradition of writing Linear B script on palm leaves? So a mistranslation

[kaloarepo]

Of course Thebes was the capital of Egypt too - interesting to investigate why both places have the same name!

[thorgunderson-theswede]

Again this guy. Not kowing the difference between greeks and the Pelasgians. Just mind-blowing

[jarlnils]

Ancient theban child: Grandfather, how was our town founded?
Grandfather: (Shit, I don't know! Think, quick!) Listen child. There was Cadmos of phoenicia and he founded it.