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Gideonn1021 OP t1_izh0f32 wrote

Reply to comment by Rememberthat1 in Conflict in Central Europe leading to Bronze Age Collapse by Gideonn1021

But were there large civilizations in Europe (Central-North) at the time or was it mainly still comprised of tribes and smaller civilizations?

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Rememberthat1 t1_izh3biy wrote

I tend to think that they were "large" civilizations in central-northern europe too. I'm sorry I can't give the source right now but they were some archeologists who found in northern germany a kind of battleground that happened in the early bronze age with a lot of corpses indicating a battle of thousands of men If I recall correctly. We know that they got a lot of amber that greeks really liked. Again I cannot tell the source right now but I remember that scholars found an ancient neolithic city in the balkans, I think they estimated the city with approx 5000-10 000 souls ( I mean real archeological papers not ancient origins lol). And it leads to the environment, aegean had stones, egypt sand, mesopotamian canals and northern-central european had big big forest. So any colossal structure ( in my oponion) would be more related with woodwork. I don't see why a culture in relation with early greeks and passing knowledge wouldnt have build a big city and temples with all the ressources they got in wood and "money" made with trading.

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Gideonn1021 OP t1_izhef62 wrote

I imagine much like the Romans with Britain, regions that far away are so different and hard to keep relations with in the same manner, say the Mycenaeans towards the German people. I could definitely see relations with the Balkans though. Something that just came to me is if the Germans had relations with these bronze age civilizations, wouldn't it be much more probable that classical Greece and Rome would have had easier access to the region instead of an area isolated from major civilizations at the time? Just food for thought I don't really know

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