WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mycenaean civilization was located on the Greek mainland, mostly on the Peloponnese, the southern peninsula of Greece. The Mycenaeans are the first Greeks, in other words, they were the first people to speak the Greek language. The Mycenaean civilization thrived between 1650 and 1200 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mycenaeans were mainland Greek peoples who were likely stimulated by their contact with insular Minoan Crete and other Mediterranean cultures to develop a more sophisticated sociopolitical culture of their own.

Detailed explanation-3: -By about 1580 bce Minoan civilization began to spread across the Aegean to neighbouring islands and to the mainland of Greece.