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→Mycenaean civilization
'''Mycenae''' (in Greek, ''Mykonos'') is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern [[Greece]] that controlled a late [[Bronze Age]] kingdom. In [[Homer]]'s epic poems, Mycenae was the base of King [[Agamemnon]], who commanded the Greeks besieging [[Troy]].<ref>''The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History'', Bulliet et al, 2005.</ref>
'''Mycenae''' (in Greek, ''Mykonos'') is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern [[Greece]] that controlled a late [[Bronze Age]] kingdom. In [[Homer]]'s epic poems, Mycenae was the base of King [[Agamemnon]], who commanded the Greeks besieging [[Troy]].<ref>''The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History'', Bulliet et al, 2005.</ref>
==Mycenaean civilization==
==Mycenaean civilization==
Contemporary archaeologists call the complex [[Greeks|Greek]] society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean." Their language was similar to [[Greek language|Greek]], and their cities were at [[Athens]], [[Sparta]], [[Thebes]], and others. Mycenae had hegemony over most of the [[Aegean]] area at the time.
Contemporary archaeologists call the complex [[Greeks|Greek]] society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean." Their language was similar to [[Greek language|Greek]], and their cities were at [[Athens]], [[Sparta]], [[Thebes]], and others. Mycenae had hegemony over most of the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] area at the time.
It was the Mycenaean Civilization that fought the famous [[Trojan War]] of mythology.
It was the Mycenaean Civilization that fought the famous [[Trojan War]] of mythology.
The civilization of Mycenae was highly advanced for its time, both in [[art]] and in [[science]]. The height of its power was roughly contemporananeous with God's calling unto [[Abraham]], about 1900 BC.
The civilization of Mycenae was highly advanced for its time, both in [[art]] and in [[science]]. The height of its power was roughly contemporananeous with God's calling unto [[Abraham]], about 1900 BC.
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Mycenaean language]]
* [[Mycenaean language]]