Mycenaean Society Vs Minoan Society

1. Society/ Structure:
During the 15th century the Mycenaean’s leaders adopted the models of social organisation of the Minoans in which the way the Mycenaean society was structured. The Mycenaean societal structure was derived from the goods buried in the graves of passed deaths. Unlike the Minoan society and structure The Mycenaean’s were much more warlike unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaean’s had quite a military nature and were strongly military based and has many armies, weapon and even the societies were structured according to military as many weapons were derived and also there was a lot of combat and war shown through the Mycenaean military art. Also, this is where the difference derived in the Mycenae’s and Minoan societies, the Mycenaean’s were divided according to a series of warrior kingdoms, And had strong ruling class was put at the top and the lower ruling class was put at the bottom. Completely different from the Minoans people as they were based more around the art, religion and trade for economic benefits.
The mysterious end of the Mycenaean civilization during the Bronze age collapse around 1200 BCE possibly and invasion earthquake etc. next came the …show more content…
Another major aspect for the Mycenaean trade was the textile industry. Great number of vases, pottery etc. A lot of the good buries in the graves revealed of Mycenae shows that already from the early Mycenaean period the Mycenaean’s had commercial exchange with countries of the East Mediterranean, Egypt and countries of the West. The Mycenaean’s were quite competitive in their trade with the foreign countries. Overall the Mycenaean’s civilisation had quite a stronger economic status compared to the