WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mycenaeans were influenced by the earlier Minoan civilization (2000-1450 BCE) which had spread from its origins at Knossos, Crete to include the wider Aegean. Architecture, art and religious practices were assimilated and adapted to better express the perhaps more militaristic and austere Mycenaean culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archeologists think this might have been due to a natural disaster such as an earthquake. The Mycenaeans took over the islands of the Minoans and adopted much of the Minoan culture. They adapted the writing of the Minoans to their own language.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations came to depend on trade. With limited resources within their land on the islands and mainland of Greece, the civilizations were forced to trade for objects such as food, pottery, and valuable metals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mycenaeans came into contact with the Minoans circa 1500 BCE. They learned the benefits of sea trading from the Minoans and were soon sailing throughout the eastern Mediterranean Sea. They traded with the inhabitants of the Aegean islands and the coastal towns of Anatolia and ports in Syria, Egypt, Italy and Crete.