. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. ,v;;-^vvffl. ? ( i;r i w Y vsr or 11 \i;n StONI . en-tan reoeiving orders from an officer, THE CIVILIZATION OF THE EAST 49 of the culture of the Egyptians, more, perhaps, than fromthat of the Hittites and Babylonians. Their trade over seaextended until it reached the renter of Europe by way ofthe Ester (Danube) and the rivers of Russia which emptyinto the Pontus (Black Sea). From these regions they re-ceived copper, (in and iron, hides and wool. 59. Influence on Greece. The Mycenaean type of thiscivilization which we h
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. ,v;;-^vvffl. ? ( i;r i w Y vsr or 11 \i;n StONI . en-tan reoeiving orders from an officer, THE CIVILIZATION OF THE EAST 49 of the culture of the Egyptians, more, perhaps, than fromthat of the Hittites and Babylonians. Their trade over seaextended until it reached the renter of Europe by way ofthe Ester (Danube) and the rivers of Russia which emptyinto the Pontus (Black Sea). From these regions they re-ceived copper, (in and iron, hides and wool. 59. Influence on Greece. The Mycenaean type of thiscivilization which we hud in Greece differs somewhat fromthat in Crete. For example, the palaces at Mycenae andTiryns are strongly fortified. Those in Crete are not. [tseems probable, therefore, that the people of Cretan civiliza-tion in (Jreeec were thrown with I he Hellene:; (Greeks), :t ruder people, racially different from themselves, and thatthe result was a mixed civilization. The Cretan influence on the Hellenes is most clearly seenin (heir- religion; for the earliest myths in the Greek r
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