The fall of the Mycenaean kingdoms ushered in a period of such poverty, distruption, and backwardness that historians usually call it th e"Dark Age" of Greece )ca 1100-800 B.C. Almost like black friday.
dark Age
The Greeks went into the Dark Age
The Dark Ages, following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation in the 12th Century BCE.
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.
There are various theories, including a huge earthquake, economic failure and also the unknown 'dark age'. Also the Minoan/Mycenaean cultural clash that led to the absorption of most of the Minoan culture of Crete into that of the Greek Mycenaeans.
dark Age
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.
It was taken over by peoples moving in from the north (Dorians) and east (Sea peoples).
The Greeks went into the Dark Age
The Greeks went into the Dark Age
The period in time that followed the dominance of the Minoans and Myceneans was called the Dark Ages.
The Dark Ages, following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation in the 12th Century BCE.
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.
trade and communication stops
It was taken over by peoples moving in from the north (Dorians) and east (Sea peoples).
The Dark Romantics explored the civilization of the Goths.
The Dark Romantics explored the civilization of the Goths.