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The “dark” centuries that followed the age of the Mycenaean palaces (starting at different times in different regions), up to the middle of the eighth century, are characterized by decentralized structures without written evidence. Writing recommenced in the middle of the eighth century, with an alphabet of newly devised letters on Phoenician models. It gave expression to the same Greek language, though now used not for running central archives, but for private dedications and public laws, and for the tradition of poetry of different genres.