Mycenae Timeline

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3000 BCE - 2000 BCE

First inhabitation of Mycenae area.
c. 2100 BCE

First evidence of building structures at Mycenae.
c. 1700 BCE - c. 1600 BCE

First shaft graves constructed at Mycenae.
1700 BCE - 1100 BCE

The Mycenaean civilization dominates Greece.
c. 1600 BCE

First evidence of elite buildings at Mycenae.
c. 1550 BCE

Gold death masks (including that of 'Agamemnon') made at Mycenae.
c. 1500 BCE - c. 1400 BCE

First palace structure and Treasury of Atreus tomb built at Mycenae.
c. 1500 BCE - 1200 BCE

Mycenae at its peak of influence.
c. 1500 BCE

First tholos tombs built at Mycenae.
c. 1450 BCE

Mycenaen influence extended to Knossos, Crete.
c. 1450 BCE

Development of the Linear B script.
c. 1300 BCE

First palace destroyed at Mycenae and repaired, Lion Gate added and fortifications extended.
c. 1300 BCE - c. 1250 BCE

Cyclopean stone bridge built near Mycenae.
c. 1200 BCE

Second palace destroyed at Mycenae, city begins to decline.
1200 BCE - 1100 BCE

Argos takes over from Mycenae as most important regional power in the Argolid.
468 BCE

Argeians destroy citadel of Mycenae.