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There existed a
Neolithic Period of some 3,000 years on mainland Greece prior to the
arrival of Greek-speaking sometime around 2,000 BCE. These
newcomers absorbed and adapted many of the local way while maintaining
their war-like culture.
After 1,600 these Indo-European Greek speaking chiefs built
mountain fortifications and adopted many aspects of the Cretan culture.
This early-Greek civilization is called Mycenaean after its largest and
most powerful fortification. Homer referred to "Mycenae [as]
rich in gold."
.The Mycenaean fortification sheltered the king and his band of
warriors. There governmental organization was a military
unit headed by a chief or king supported by a warrior band. Their
fortress walls were massive and constructed of very large rough cut
stone. The land was worked by a peasant class that supported this
warrior-bureaucracy.
Homer states that the leader of the Trojan War was the great king
of Mycenae, |
