Mycenaean Greece
late Bronze Age Greek civilization
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Summary
Mycenaean Greece is an archaeological culture[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of archaeological culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,728 views/month, #5 of 524).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Heinrich Schliemann[3]
- Instance of: culture[4], style[5], civilization[6]
- Followed by: Greek Dark Ages[7]
- Location: Peloponnese[8], Crete[9]
- Commons category: Mycenaean civilization[10]
- Start time: 1600 BC[11]
- End time: 1100 BC[12]
- Participated in conflict: Mycenaean conquest of Crete[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mycenaean Greece[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=mycenaean[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Pauly–Wissowa[18]
- Replaces: Minoan civilization[19]
- Partially coincident with: Minoan civilization[20]
- Time period: Bronze Age[21]
- Studied by: mycenology[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
Why It Matters
Mycenaean Greece has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 145 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]