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The Abantes were an ancient Ionian Greek tribe whose home was the island of Euboea. They were not Ionians themelves but rather assimilated into Ionian customs and culture. Aristotle believed the Abantes were originally Thracians from the Phocian city of Abae who had colonized the island in pre-historic times. Myth claims the first king of the Abantes was the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. They had a reputation for being fierce spearmen and a warlike people. Herodotus states that many Abantes from Euboea established colonies in Chios and Asia Minor. Homer describes them as wearing their hair short in the front and long in the back to prevent enemy warriors from grabbing their hair.
Manika was an ancient town in Euboea Greece, dating to the Early Helladic period II (2800–2200 BC). The settlement covered an area of 50–80 hectares, and was inhabited by 6,000–13,500-15,000 people according to estimates. It was one of the largest settlements of the Bronze Age in Greece.
Read more about the Early Helladic Greeks of Euboea here: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051959/http://www2.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/IMG/aegeum/aegaeum1(pdf)/Sampson.pdf
Pylos, located in southwest Greece was an important center of Ancient Greece - described in Homers Odyssey and Iliad as Nestors kingdom of sandy Pylos. High up on the hills above with a commanding view of the Mediterranean Sea an ancient site was discovered - the Palace of Nestor. Not only representing the best preserved Mycenaean Greek palace ever discovered, the primary structure consisted of a two-storey building with store rooms, workshops, baths, light wells, reception rooms.
It appears the palatial complex was destroyed by a fire in 1200 BC. Over 1000 tablets were discovered with Linear B text - which led to a breakthrough in understanding this ancient language which was shown to be an archaic form of Greek. The deciphered tablets confirmed the palace had served as the administrative, political and financial center of Mycenaean Messinia serving a population of 50,000
Incredibly an untouched tomb was discovered nearby containing the richly furnished grave of a Mycenaean warrior. The Griffin Warrior was named after the artifacts uncovered - which included a griffin decorated ivory plaque, bronze weapons, armor, basins, gold and silver cups, hundreds of beads of amethyst, gold, amber, carnelian - as well as 50 stone seals including intricately carved lions, bulls
The Mycenaeans were the very first Greek organized society whose kingdom exploded out of nowhere on the Greek mainland in 1600 BC. Unimaginable treaures started to appear in Greek tombs at this time - just like in the case of the Griffin Warrior. Clear is as the Minoan civilization on Crete collapsed, the mainland Greek civilization flourished.
Read more about Pylos here: https://en.wikipedia.org/
Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Evrotas River in the Evrotas Valley, Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.
Read more about Sparta here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta
The Spartan army stood at the center of the Spartan state, citizens trained in the disciplines and honor of a warrior society. Subjected to military drills since early manhood, the Spartans became one of the most feared and formidable military forces in the Greek world, attaining legendary status in their wars against Persia. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – other Greeks commonly accepted that "one Spartan was worth several men of any other state."
Read more about Spartans here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_army
The Achaeans were one of the four major tribes into which Herodotus divided the Greeks. They populated the region of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese and played an active role in the colonization of Italy. They also founded the city of Croton located in Calabria in southern Italy - Croton was famous for producing generations of winners in the Ancient Olympic games and other Panhellenic Games. Pythagoras founded his school, the Pythagoreans, in Croton in 530 BC.
Unlike other major Greek tribes, the Achaeans did not have a separate dialect, but spoke a form of Doric. Over time the Achaeans cemented their common identity in response to rising power of Sparta to the south and Sicyon to the east. Achaea became a league of 12 city states and after the fall of Macedon was able to take over the whole of the Peloponnese. However the Romans had other plans and eventually defeated the Achaeans at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC who dissolved the league.
In Greek Mythology, the most famous warrior of the Achaeans was Achilles.
Read more about The Achaeans here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(tribe)
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