The Aeolians and Ionians came first and finally the Dorians overthrew the Achaeans in about 1100 BC. The Greek-speaking Achaeans had migrated into the Peloponnesus in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries BC and were followed by several invasions from the north. By 1150 BC, the writing and art, and political and economic centralization of the Mycenaean age had disappeared. They conquered Knossos, Crete in 1450 BC ending the independence of the Minoan world but by 1200 BC the civilization was in decline. It was limited in the extent of its settlement, although the Mycenaeans were wide-ranging traders and looters. The Mycenaean culture flourished in the period 1600-1200 BC.
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