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