1. The Glory of Greece
The Mycenaeans

2. Mycenae Early mainland Greece
small kingdoms based around separate cities
never united
traded together
shared language and culture
Mycenae was primary city of early Greek mainland and where early Greek culture first discovered

3. economic and administrative base military headquarters
City Planning
Most Mycenaean's built walled cities on high ground
Lower town  residential area for common man
Acropolis (high city) important buildings
temples
palace
residential area for upper class
Palace served as
King’s residence
economic and administrative base
military headquarters
workplace for craftsmen

4. Warriors & Traders Mycenaean were warlike people king was warrior too
in charge of army
Mycenaean were great traders
took over Minoan trade routes
included all Mediterranean coasts
trades good from as far away as Scandinavia and Africa

5. The End of Early Greece The Sea People
1200 BC Mycenaean's world started to fall apart
poor harvests  food shortage  famine
raid each other cities
raids overseas (Trojan War?)
mass immigration (sea people?)
The Sea People
Seized Cyprus, over through Hittites
May be ancestors of
Etruscans  settled in Italy
Philistines

6. As Mycenaean cities were either abandoned or destroyed newcomers, The Dorians filtered down from the North and took advantage of the Mycenaean’s trouble to increase their own power.