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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.
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

Related articles: (1) The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC, (2) Mycenae and the Heroic Age