Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial ...

"This catalog has been published in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Treasures of the Dark Ages in Europe' held at Ariadne Galleries, November 19, 1991-January 15, 1992"--T.p. verso.