CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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greek mainland
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greek subcontinent
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greek polis
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None of the above
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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: -Mycenaean is the term applied to the art and culture of Greece from ca. 1600 to 1100 B.C. The name derives from the site of Mycenae in the Peloponnesos, where once stood a great Mycenaean fortified palace. Mycenae is celebrated by Homer as the seat of King Agamemnon, who led the Greeks in the Trojan War.
Detailed explanation-3: -By about 1580 bce Minoan civilization began to spread across the Aegean to neighbouring islands and to the mainland of Greece.