- ~1500 – 1100 BC
- Betweem 1200 and 1150 BCE the civilization underwent a sudden massive systemic collapse
- Lots of evidence of destruction around this period
- Betweem 1200 and 1150 BCE the civilization underwent a sudden massive systemic collapse
- Based on several archeological sites
- E.g. the Mycenae site
- Excavation started in the 19th century
- Heinrich Schliemann took a big part in it
- Important things found
- Golden death masks
- Warrior vase
- Boar’s tusk helmets
- Golden death masks
- Heinrich Schliemann took a big part in it
- Excavation started in the 19th century
- Society
- Similar to that of Minoan Civilization
- Engaged in peer-polity interaction and palace economy
- They were literate in the Linear-B script
- Similar to that of Minoan Civilization