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The Minoans (considered the earliest "Greeks" and the fathers of modern western civilization) were traders on the island of Crete. Academics are unsure of what caused the downfall of the Minoans, but we have some clues. The most popular theory suggests that in 1500BC a massive volcanic eruption 80km east of Crete caused a Tsunami that destroyed the Minoan naval fleet, and some of its city structures. This in turn led to a weakening of the city, given the Mycenean tribe ample oppurtunity to attack on defeat the Minoans.
The Myceneans were more violent than the Minoans. They had several city states on mainland Greece (in Pylos, Mycenea, Athens). The Myceneans were the people that took a leading role in the war against Troy (Troy is in what we now call Turkey). Somewhere along the way back home or during the war, around 1180BC, the Dorians (another, different, Greek tribe) took over the Myceneans and destroyed virtually everything.
Writing, art, culture and knowledge was all but obliterated. The Dorians had to start from scratch, and this period became known as the Dark Ages. However, from the ashes of the Myceneans developed something that would become far more powerful and influential. The Hellenic poeple. Hellenics are what we now call Greeks. The Classic greek period was born.
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∙ 14y agoThe Minoan Civilization collapsed with the eruption of a volcano on the island of Thira/Santorini, and then the military take over by the Mycenaeans. The Mycenaean civilization fell with the migration of another bellicose group of people, the Dorians, to the area. The Dorian "civilization" caused the Greek Dark Ages.
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∙ 10y agoi have no idea. thats why i came here...
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What cause the the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations to decline?
Ans: Ecological disasters
What caused the decline of Songhai?
nobody knows
What civilization is associated with a lack of writing and a period of decline in Greece?
The Dark Ages, following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation in the 12th Century BCE.
What do the fortified palaces of the Mycenaean monarchs suggest about Mycenaean civilization?
The Mycenaean places were held as tombs for the Mycenaean's.
What caused the decline of aryans?
The decline of the Aryans was due to the division of their society into bootie.The Aryans mixd with the original inhabitants of India.
What caused the decline in the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations?
DISEASE The right answer is A) Political Means found which can be found on pages 82-84
What directly caused the decline in the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations?
DISEASE The right answer is A) Political Means found which can be found on pages 82-84
What most directly caused the decline in the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations?
DISEASE The right answer is A) Political Means found which can be found on pages 82-84
What cause the the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations to decline?
Ans: Ecological disasters
What caused spanish naval superiority to decline in the 1600s and 1700s?
Economis decline is what caused the naval superiority to decline then
How was the decline of the Minoan's and Mycenaean's?
They were over-run by invading nomadic peoples who took over and settled on their lands.
How was the decline of the Minoan and mycenaean similar?
They were over-run by invading nomadic peoples who took over and settled on their lands.
What happened to the mycenaeans civilization?
During the Dark Age in Ancient Greece, the Mycenaean civilization began to decline, wars broke out between city-states, and there were earthquakes all over Greece.
What caused decline of Zimbabwe?
The decline of Zimbabwe was from poor management and political corruption,
What may have caused the end of mycenaean civilization?
everything was over or it wasn't.
What caused the decline of Songhai?
nobody knows
How did the dorians help greek civilization of the time to decline?
They moved into Greece from the north as the Mycenaean civilisation crumbled and reestablished Greek culture in the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
