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Mycenean Greece

Mycenean Greece and the Orient about 1450 B.C.
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Perry-Castaņeda Library Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
The period of Mycenean Greece ran from about 1600-1100 B.C. and ended with the Greek Dark Age. This is the period described in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. At the end of the Mycenean period, writing was abandoned.
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