The first Greek-speaking, Indo-European tribes appeared in Greece about 1900 BCE, during the Middle Bronze Age. The first peoples were highly adaptive, ready to learn, eager to accept, adopt, and change their culture. It was only naturally that these outgoing, innovative people traveled and came in contact with the Minoan culture. Under Minoan influence these peoples developed into a new culture, the Mycenaean. The Mycenaeans were a different race altogether from the Minoans, and came into …showed first 75 words of 4071 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4071 total…control over a verdant agricultural region, and declined because the land finally ‘wore out’ due to gorging of the land and climatic change. This pattern repeatedly occurs in this area and may occur again Although the great civilization inevitably fell, it’s greatness can be seen after looking closely at political and social systems of Mycenae presented in this paper by closely observing their power bureaucracy, social systems, and their trade; both imports and exports.