Mycenae and the Heroic Age
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Decline of Mycenae
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After 1300 BC Mycenaean civilization declined. It appears that piracy in the Mediterranean caused a general decline in trade and exports of Mycenaean pottery to Lipari, Ischia and Sicily cease. After 1300 the quality of pottery work in Mycenae deteriorated; Cyprus developed its own style and trade as a whole declined, thought the accumulated capital remained vast.
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Contents of Mycenae and the Heroic Age
1 The fall of Knosos 2 Crete circa 1400 BC 3 Mycenae 4 Mycenaean palace architecture 5 Mycenaean burial practices 6 Mycenaean influence 7 Cyprus 8 Decline of Mycenae 9 The sea raiders 10 The wars with Thebes and Troy 11 The seven against Thebes 12 Troy 13 The Dorian Invasion and the end of Mycenaean civilisation 14 The Heraclids 15 Disputing the theory of the Dorian invasion
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