How has travel helped you in understanding more than what you have read in books, as the study of ancient Greeks?
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+3 Wow.. good question. . I back packed and ferried round the Greek Islands a few years ago and have also visited the ruins at Troy and Tiryns. The think that struck me was how small even the largest cities must have been in Bronze age Greece and Asia Minor compared to today. Following on from that was the realization of just how much of an impact on a city or a settlement a war could have had back then. If the bulk of the city's young healthy males were killed in a conflict the effects could be devastating even if they were ultimately victorious. . What also struck me was how vast the distances were between the cities of Greece and Asia Minor in bronze age times when there was no mechanised transport available. An attack by Sparta on an city in Asia Minor might seem no more than a quick jaunt when you look at a map of the world, but when you are sailing and marching on foot such a venture would be a massive undertaking. It was certainly not something to be embarked unpon lightly or on a whim.
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