来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  was a world in which bronze was used for implements,not iron
  也正是用青铜而非铁
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  and weapons, and such, not iron,
  来制作各种用具和武器
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  and that squared with what was found in Mycenae,
  这与在迈锡尼发现的文物相一致
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  what was found in the Mycenaean world, namely bronze implements
  在迈锡尼发现的就是青铜具
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  and fundamentally not iron ones.
  而非铁器
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  Sometimes there were interesting little problems that emerged
  偶尔会有一些有趣的小问题出现
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  and one of those has to do with the use of chariots in warfare.
  这往往和战争时使用的二轮战车相关
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  Well, Homer has his heroes using chariots
  《荷马史诗》的主角们所使用的战车
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  and we know that chariots were used in warfare in the Bronze Age
  我们知道在青铜时代的地中海地区
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  around the Mediterranean Sea.
  二轮战车被广泛运用于战争
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  We have hard evidence of that in Egypt, in Asia Minor,
  而在埃及 小亚细亚
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  and in the Tigris Euphrates Valley.
  和两河流域却找不到类似的证据