The Minoan-Mycenean Period
| B.C.E. | Goddess Athena | Archeology | Literature | History |
| HA I-III 2500-1900 |
-Ancient palaces at Crete ca. 2000 |
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| HM I-III 1900-1600 |
-New palaces at Crete ca. 1700 |
-Linear A in Crete |
-The first invasions of the "Greeks" c 1850-1600 -Earthquake catastrophe ca. 1700 |
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| HR I-II 1600-1400 |
-Destruction of the palace of Cnossus ca. 1425 |
-Linear B in Crete | -Minoan maritime hegemony -Greeks at Cnossus |
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| HR III A-B 1400-1200 |
-Table of clay with the name of Athena at Cnossus
(Atana) ca. 1375 |
-Construction of domed tombs ca. 1400 -Apogee of the palaces at Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos and Athens ca.1300 |
-Linear B in Greece |
-Destruction of Troy ca. 1250 -Catastrophe ca. 1200 |
| HR III C 1200-1150 |
-Mycenaean Temple of Athena at Troy
ca. ? -Mycenaean Temple of Athena at Athens ca. ? |
-Greek Temple at Cyprus |
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-Second wave of "Greeks" in the Poloponnese ca. 1125 -Greeks at Cyprus |
| Sub-mycenaen 1150-1050 |
-Dawn of the recorded history ca. 1100 |