
Are the Homeric epics an accurate source for the Bronze Age Aegean?
The idea that the Homeric epics are somehow an accurate source for life in the Bronze Age Aegean has long gone the way of the dodo, at least in academic circles.

Was Minoan Crete a thalassocracy?
During the Bronze Age, Crete is thought by some to have enjoyed a Pax Minoica (“Minoan Peace”), thanks in large part to their ability to dominate the sea.