The large island of Crete, south of Greece, was home to the Minoans(who did not speak Greek), the first Aegean kingdom. By about 2000 B.C.E. Minoans were building elaborate
palaces that had running water and drainage in most rooms. They had a highly developed society
with a complex religion. The Minoan culture eventually overlapped with the more aggressive
Mycenaeans—named by historians for the city of Mycenae on southern Greece’s Peloponnese Peninsula. Historians consider the Mycenaeans to be the first ancient Greeks, connected to the future.Greek civilization by language and religion. The Mycenaean era lasted roughly from 1600 to 1200 B.C.E., and it gave the Greeks the glorious legends of King Agamemnon and Achilles fighting at Troy, and of Odysseus traveling home from the Trojan War. The Mycenaeans, it is believed, absorbed the Minoan kingdom, and Crete later became part of the Greek Empire.
palaces that had running water and drainage in most rooms. They had a highly developed society
with a complex religion. The Minoan culture eventually overlapped with the more aggressive
Mycenaeans—named by historians for the city of Mycenae on southern Greece’s Peloponnese Peninsula. Historians consider the Mycenaeans to be the first ancient Greeks, connected to the future.Greek civilization by language and religion. The Mycenaean era lasted roughly from 1600 to 1200 B.C.E., and it gave the Greeks the glorious legends of King Agamemnon and Achilles fighting at Troy, and of Odysseus traveling home from the Trojan War. The Mycenaeans, it is believed, absorbed the Minoan kingdom, and Crete later became part of the Greek Empire.
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