The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC
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Relations between the mainland and Crete
The conclusion appears to be that from c.1950 BC onwards there was a steady influx of Greek speaking people into mainland Greece. At that time they came into contact with the Minoan culture of Crete as well as the original inhabitants of the mainland. The resultant culture on the mainland was something of a compromise. The Greek language was adopted, though some pre-Greek words were retained and most of the ancient cities retained their pre-Greek names. The Greeks became overlords. Whilst the Greeks were originally a pastoral community with a patriarchal order of society, it seems that in some cases at least the Cretan form of matriarchal society was adopted on the mainland. Crete continued to enjoy pre-eminence in the region and retained its religion based on worship of the Great Mother. The Greeks themselves underwent a religious transformation resulting in the Olympian pantheon representing both male and female gods. The worship of the Great Mother continued to exert a strong influence on the peasant farmers of Greece, who were probably of non-Greek ethnic origin, and were closely concerned with the land and fertility, which was the province of the Great Mother. The Mycenaeans and Crete traded extensively with each other, with Melos as an important port between them. Crete reached an apogee of wealth and power, but some time after 1400 BC Greek replaces the non-Greek language in Crete, indicative of some kind of political development in Crete - possibly Greeks have become dominant in Crete. A.J.B. Wace has provided evidence that the Greek "heroes" from the mainland also reached Crete and may have taken over the government there.
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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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