Ανατολική Μεσόγειος 2000 ΠΚΕ

About two thousand years ago, a revolution took place at sea as important as the agricultural revolution on land, seven thousand years earlier. A new type of ship appeared in the Eastern Mediterranean. Purely invented by the peoples of the Aegean, the ship was light, capable of sailing and paddling, and most importantly, had a keel, i.e. immersion in water, resistance to waves and wind and greater stability. This particular Aegean hull, the ancestor of all Mediterranean boats, boldly going out to sea, has changed history and cultural evolution. The spirit of adventure and the hunt for fortune -which the Mycenaeans willingly embraced by the Minoans and Cyclades- liberated after the domestication of the high seas, transformed it into a familiar place of exchange of all kinds: goods, knowledge, cultures, techniques and doctrines became common property, components of a cosmopolitan culture, to which everyone contributed. A period of peaceful exchanges unfolds before the middle of the 2nd millennium BCE, closely tied to the adventure of the metal that defines it, copper.Eastern Mediterranean 2000 BCE