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The Mycenaeans
The Mycenaeans (1900-1100 BCE)
The Mycenaean Legacy
Greeks recognize Mycenaean civilization as part of their heritage.
Political System: Feudal Rigid class structure – exploited those who were not
warrior class or above. Family ties, marriages, tentative alliances and sketchy
truces bound local rulers into smaller kingdoms Buried dead with honour, surrounding them with
precious objects and pottery (Egyptian influence?) Worship of Heroes – “The Age of Heroes” – Homeric
epics the Iliad and the Odyssey – pursuit of heroic excellence
The Mycenaeans
“Archaean” invaders entered mainland Greece around 2500 BCE from Asia Minor
By 1600 BCE they had developed a complex culture around the Peloponnesian peninsula
One of the central cites names “Mycenae”
Mycenae Remains
Mycenaean Palace States
A number of palace states fought each other for power, each has a warrior king who was both a military and religious figure
Warlike society controlled by the ruling class, peasants and craftsmen served the nobles
Agamemnon Alleged Mask of
Agamemnon found by Schliemann
Famed king of Mycenae in Greek Myth
1250 B.C. attacked city of Troy Long and exhaustive
leads to weakened
Interior reconstruction of a Megaron
Mycenaean Religion
Many Gods, including Zeus, supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and of the Pantheon of gods who resided there, and Poseidon
Other gods were nature divinities and spirits
Shaft graves and burial practices
Religious practices influenced later classical Greek culture
Zeus
Mycenaean Achievements
Perfected Linear “B” Elaborate royal graves
(first shaft graves, then beehive shaped)
Defeated the Trojans in the “Trojan War” in 1250 BCE
Agamemnon a famous king
Decline of The Mycenaeans
The long and costly war with Troy weakened the city state of Mycenae which fell around 1100 BCE
“Dorians” form the north invaded with iron weapons
Dark Ages – 3 centuries Invasions also came from
many sea peoples