Minoans and Mycenaeans (jan 1, 2000 BC – jan 1, 1200 BC)
Description:
Beginnings of Greek CivilizationMinoans building civilization on the island of Crete.
Minoan Civilization Falls to Mycenaeans
Mycenaeans spread across Greek mainland.
Travel Across the Mediterranean
People from Asia begin to travel across the Mediterranean into Europe.
Bronze Age Collapse
Mycenaeans civilizations disappears along with other great cities in the Mediterranean region. Historical evidence of Mycenaeans abruptly disappears, probably due to migration of its people to other areas after possible natural disaster.
Dorian invaders burned almost ever city in Greece that the Mycenaeans ruled
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Date:
jan 1, 2000 BC
jan 1, 1200 BC
~ 800 years