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.