WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Mycenaeans. The Mycenaean civilization developed in the 1500s bce, when Greek-speaking people settled down on the Greek mainland. The Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans in about 1400 bce. Their civilization is named after Mycenae, its most important city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Through trade the Mycenaeans learned a lot about how the Minoans lived. They copied many things from Minoan culture. These actions led historians to believe that the Mycenaeans conquered Crete and destroyed the Minoans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mycenae and the Mycenaean civilization began to decline around 1200 B.C. Mycenae’s people abandoned the citadel around 100 years later after a series of fires. It’s unclear what caused the destruction of Mycenae, though theories abound.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Homer’s Iliad, the Minoans were defeated by the Mycenaeans at the city of Troy. When the Minoan culture declined the Mycenaeans eventually occupied the mainland and islands of ancient Greece. They also used much of the Minoan culture like adapting the Minoan writing into their language.