The Myceneans were Indo-Europeans that settled in mainland Greece between 3000 B.C. and 2000 B.C.. They were an agricultural people with knowledge of metalurgy. In the area that they inhabited grapes and olives grew very well. Overall the Myceneans were a militaristic people. Their leadership was similart to a modern military dictatorship, with a warchief controllong the land. In 2000 B.C. they started trade with the Minoans to the south.
Sixteen hundred B.C. marked the beginning for prosperity in Mycenea. The Myceneans, remained a warring state, and the architecture showed that the cities were walled up in preparation for war or invasion. Even things such as artwork were militaristic. They depicted the raids against Troy. The Myceneans activily pursued battle. They conducted raids in Asian Minor, the Middle East, and eventually conquered Crete.
Through their conquering, the Myceneans aquired riches which the traded with merchants and other civilizations. Because of this the Myceneans could afford very expensive burials for their leaders because of this. They started burying there leaders in deep shafts, however, in 1500 B.C. they began using tholos tombs built into the sides of hills.
The Mycenean culture faced problems near the end. There was a series of earthquakes that devastated the cities. Still, this didn't hinder the Myceneans craving for conquest, as the conquest of Crete took place after the earthquakes. The last remaining Greek lore about the Myceneans says that and invading people, known as the Dorians, invaded and destroyed the Mycenean civilization. On the other hand, modern historians blame the fall on economic collapse. When the Dark Age came, the Greeks seemed to stop recording there history, the history that they failed to record could've covered the fall of the Mycenean civilization.
Sixteen hundred B.C. marked the beginning for prosperity in Mycenea. The Myceneans, remained a warring state, and the architecture showed that the cities were walled up in preparation for war or invasion. Even things such as artwork were militaristic. They depicted the raids against Troy. The Myceneans activily pursued battle. They conducted raids in Asian Minor, the Middle East, and eventually conquered Crete.
Through their conquering, the Myceneans aquired riches which the traded with merchants and other civilizations. Because of this the Myceneans could afford very expensive burials for their leaders because of this. They started burying there leaders in deep shafts, however, in 1500 B.C. they began using tholos tombs built into the sides of hills.
The Mycenean culture faced problems near the end. There was a series of earthquakes that devastated the cities. Still, this didn't hinder the Myceneans craving for conquest, as the conquest of Crete took place after the earthquakes. The last remaining Greek lore about the Myceneans says that and invading people, known as the Dorians, invaded and destroyed the Mycenean civilization. On the other hand, modern historians blame the fall on economic collapse. When the Dark Age came, the Greeks seemed to stop recording there history, the history that they failed to record could've covered the fall of the Mycenean civilization.
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