The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC
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Crete and Mycenae
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As a result of its trade with Crete, Mycenae became very rich, as evidenced by the treasures that were buried with their dead, including gold, silver and electrum ornaments, silver and bronze jugs and vases, swords, daggers made from bronze, gold and ivory. Many electrum death masks have been discovered. The influence of Crete in the styles can be observed. Rooms in palaces were probably decorated with frescoes possibly by artists imported from Crete. Cups are decorated with scenes of bull-hunts. The Mycenaean kings were over six feet tall and wore beards and moustaches in contrast to the clean-shaven Minoans. They liked also amber imported from the north, and used horse-drawn chariots in war, which were only introduced to Crete at a later date. Their shaft-graves depict relief scenes of war, which was not known in Crete.
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Contents of
The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC
1 The Neolithic Age in Greece
2 The Early Helladic Period
3 Troy I
4 Migrations into Greece c. 2500 BC
5 Minoan Civilisation
6 The Greek migration
7 Megaron
8 Middle Helladic Age
9 The Aegean Bronze Age: The Minoan Civilisation: c. 2000 - 1550 BC
10 The golden age of Minoan Crete
11 Volcanic eruption on Thera c. 1600 BC
12 Crete and Mycenae
13 The amber route
14 The Religion of Minoyan Crete
15 The Linear B Tablets of Knosos
16 Relations between the mainland and Crete
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