Mycenaean Greece
-So, because the Minoan civilization had been crippled by the aftermath of the volcanic eruption at Thira, the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece were now the dominant power in the region. But where did the Mycenaean civilization come from? -Emerged during the Late Helladic period, especially in southern and central Greece. -Were a society dominated by warrior-elites. -The Mycenaeans get their name from one of their major power centers, Mycenae (outside of modern-day Mikines, Peloponnese (about 90 km southwest of modern-day Athens)). -Had a great location- built on a hill, had good farmland, good water supply, located near the Isthmus of Corinth, etc. -Homer portrayed the Mycenaeans as being a unified kingdom, but besides this there is actually no other evidence of this. -Most experts now agree that the Mycenaean civilization was a loose collection of small kingdoms or city-states that each had their own region of influe...