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About A.D. 1900, a British archaeologist discovered a site on Crete. The palace he found had numerous rooms. Ancient people called the Minoans built the palace at Knossos. -
The Mycenaeans left their homeland in Asia. They ended up moving into Greece. They gradually mixed up the local people with several kingdoms. -
Mycenaean civilization might have collapsed due to invasion. The prevailing theory on how the Mycenaean civilization collapsed was that devastating earthquakes led to the destruction of their town. -
The civilization of the Mycenaean had crumbled. People of warring groups moved from place to place throughout the Mediterranean region. Trade also slowed down. Several developments also happened even though it was dark times. Thousands of people fled the Greek mainland. -
The mountains and seas separated Greek communities. People also developed a loyalty to the community. At the end of the Dark ages, nobles overthrew the Greek kings. Nobles soon ruled numerous city-states. The English word, such as police and politics became the Greek word polis. -
It is to be said that may have either delayed a Persian invasion of mainland Greece or made that invasion more likely to happen. -
Xerxes spent years planing for the invasion. It was going to be Xerxes' divine punishment for his father Darius's crushing defeat. He failed in the steps to invade Greece. -
All of the forces met at a certain battle, which was also happening at the time. They attacked but soon retreated because they saw the Athenian ships.