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The Myceneans (1071 words) |
 | The Greeks of this age are the Myceneans proper; for four centuries their culture thrived until it crumbled into the emptiness of history. |
| For the Mycenean age found its voice in the poetry of Homer in a single defining event: the Mycenean war against Troy, a city in Asia Minor. |
| The most famous of the Mycenean raids, of course, is the war against Troy, a wealthy commercial city on the coast of Asia Minor. |
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Myceneans - definition of Myceneans in Encyclopedia (693 words) |
| In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. |
| The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenean in recognition of Mycenae's leading position. |
| The acropolis or "high city" of Mycenae is believed to have been fortified as early as 1500 BC, as evidenced by grave-shafts dating from that period. |
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