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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The capital of Mycenae is located at the point of ____
A
Crete
B
Knossos
C
Athens
D
Peloponnesus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mycenae, Modern Greek Mykínes, prehistoric Greek city in the Peloponnese, celebrated by Homer as “broad-streeted” and “golden.” According to legend, Mycenae was the capital of Agamemnon, the Achaean king who sacked the city of Troy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The largest city (although not a capital city in any sense) was Mycenae, built on an impressive citadel and hill over 278 metres (912 ft.) above sea level where there are remains of large ‘palace’ buildings and hundreds of tombs and shaft graves, including nine large stone tholos tombs (1600-1300 BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -Moreover, it revealed that the bearers of Mycenaean culture were ethnically connected with the populations that resided in the Greek peninsula after the end of this cultural period.

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