Mycenaens The First Greeks, 1600-1200 BC
In the 3rd millennium BC a prosperous Bronze Age culture developed in the Greek peninsula in small towns in the Peloponnese. Around 2000bc they were destroyed by invaders, probably from the north, and for a time urban life totally disappeared. Then in 1600 bc a new civilization emerged from the ashes and built amazing tombs at Mycenae in the north west Peloponnese
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