1. Mycenean Civilization

2. Mycenean Civilization
Invaders were Greek speaking Indo-European tribes that had moved onto the peninsula about 1900 BC

5. Mycenean Civilization
Invaders were Greek speaking Indo-European tribes that had moved onto the peninsula about 1900 BC
Invaders built walled cities around palaces at Mycenae, Thebes, and other locations in southern Greece

12. Mycenean Civilization
Borrowed much from Minoan Civilization:
Artisans created pottery, jewelry
Records kept in writing style of Minoans
Took over Minoan sea trade routes to Egypt, Phoenicia, Sicily and southern Italy
About 1300 BC, ruler of Mycenae may have formed Achaean Empire from several kingdoms