Lecture 15 - Mycenae and the Dawn of Greece

The migration of the Greeks was a branch of the great Indo-European migrations that swept across central Asia and Europe during the Bronze Age. Here's a different, more useful map than the migration one:
Map of Bronze Age Greece
Then this map shows the different regions of ancient Greece:


This is a difficult lecture, mostly because it's just more of the same - a group invades, destroys, sets up at least a pseudo-empire, and I'm guessing not too long after, collapses itself. It never ends. Perhaps I should check and see which empire/culture is still around; not that it will be in anywhere near the same form, as well it shouldn't. Why would it when the world changes so rapidly?

Also, what's this about the Cyclopean architecture? The ancients thought only Cyclops could have moved such massive stones but the Mycenaeans ARE the ancients. And they're the ones who built them. So, to whom does Professor Dise (and the others who say this) refer when stating what was thought?

Quizlet for Mycenaean Greece and the password is MycenGreeklec15