The Impact of the Volcanic Eruption on the Mycenaeans

The Minoan settlement on the island of Thera was completely destroyed, tsunamis are likely to have hit the north coast of Crete. The Mycenaeans took control of the Minoan palace sites and it may have been done aggressively. It does seem that the eruption being something that tipped the balance of power towards the already strengthening MyCenaeans. They would also take control of various outposts on the western coast of Anatolia whether by raid or by trade. We can determine from the deciphered linear B tablets that the MycenAEan societies would have been typically ruled by a Wannax. After 1400 BCE Greek lands became more practical and there was