- ~1100 – 800 BC
- Mycenaean Civilization collapsed rapidly and systematically
- Not only in Greece, most major bronze age civilizations collapsed at this time (see late bronze age collapse)
- Possible theories for the collapse
- Drought
- Internal revolt
- Economic disruption
- Some economist say the economy was so fragile that with the arrival of the sea seoples it collapsed
- Invasion
- Dorian invasion used to be a popular theory
- There’s little evidence for any kind of massive invasion, though
- Dorian invasion used to be a popular theory
- Theories for why did the dark ages took so long
- Difficult agriculture required maintenance
- Population control
- Small population are beneficial for migrating