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Before the Hellenic era, two major cultures had dominated the region: the Minoan (c. 2800–1100 BC), and the Mycenaean (c. 1500–1100 BC). Minoan is the name given by modern historians to the culture of the people of ancient Crete, known for its elaborate and richly decorated palaces, and for its pottery painted with floral and marine motifs. The Mycenaean culture, which flourished on the Peloponnesus, was quite different in character. Its people built citadels, fortifications and tombs rather than palaces, and decorated their pottery with bands of marching soldiers rather than octopus and seaweed. Both these civilizations came to an end around 1100 BC, that of Crete possibly because of volcanic devastation, and that of Mycenae because of an invasion by the Dorian people who lived on the Greek mainland.[9]Following these events, there was a period from which few signs of culture remain. This period is thus often referred to as a Dark Age.

Note: The writer does not mention that there may have been other factors contributing to their demise.

Kagan, Donald. Ozment, Steven. Turner, Frank M. Frank, Alison. The Western Heritage. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2013. Print.

"The chances are good,however, that the Mycenaean civilization ended gradually over the century between 1200 B.C.E and 1100 B.C.E Its end end may have been the result of internal conflicts among Mycenaean kings combined with continuous pressure from outsider, who raided, infiltrated, and eventually dominated Greece and its neighboring islands. There is reason to believe that Mycenaean society suffered internal weakness due to its organization around the centralized control of military force and agricultural production. "