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Why do historians continue to refer the Ancient Greeks of the Trojan war as the Mycenaeans rather than the Achaeans which is what Homer called them?
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Primarily because the Achaeans is not precise or clear. It was part of the Mycenaean civilization.
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Historians of ancient Africa?
Griots
What do modern day historians often cite as the best four ancient historians?
Many modern day historians cite the following ancient historians as the most informative and accurate:1. Tacitus; 2. Herodotus; 3. Polybius; and 4. Thucydides.
Which individuals would historians most likely learn about artifacts from ancient cultures?
Archaeologist
Which is considered as the most ancient part of the world by historians?
Hard to say, the oldest considered town is Jericho and its 9000 years old, ancient Greece, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient India and ancient Egypt
What was found at the library in Nineveh which enabled historians to learn about life in the ancient middle east?
Clay tablets
How are the people ruled for ancient Greece?
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How did the life in ancient Greece change after the fall of the mycenaeans?
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How did life in ancient Greece change after the fall of the Mycenaeans?
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How have the ancient Greeks influenced mycenaean and the dorian?
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What civilization wrote in Linear in ancient times?
The Mycenaeans wrote in Linear B.
Historians of ancient Africa?
Griots
What did the Spartans do during the Persian war that caused historians to feel that there is nothing left from ancient Sparta?
Historians do not feel that there is nothing left from ancient Sparta.
How did Historians get their information from the founding of the Byzantine Empire 330AD?
They get the information from the writings of ancient Roman historians.
Ancient historians that wrote on the punic wars?
The two most impartant ancient historians who wrote about the Second Punic War were Polybius (a Greek) and Livy (a Roman).
What do modern day historians often cite as the best four ancient historians?
Many modern day historians cite the following ancient historians as the most informative and accurate:1. Tacitus; 2. Herodotus; 3. Polybius; and 4. Thucydides.
Who were plutarch and pliny?
famous historians from ancient rome
How were the Mycenaeans and Minoan similar?
They both were the first two cultures to be developed in Greece. (Mycenaeans were first because the only spoke greek.)
