005 Minoan Crete
The History of Ancient Greece
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Linear B and the Mycenaean Culture
Mycenaeans were Greek speakers. They adapted Linear A to their own Greek language and they were ruling in Crete by the 15th century BC. Cren society and culture under the rule of the already Minoanized, Mycenaean invaders, did not change much. For the most part, life went on as before, and the new kings ruled and lived in the manner of Minoan kings. But evidence shows that nasos shared the same fate and was sacked and burned around 1375-1350 BC.
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