Mycenean Civilization Invaders were Greek speaking Indo- European tribes that had moved onto the peninsula about 1900 BC Mycenean Civilization Invaders were Greek speaking Indo- European tribes that had moved onto the peninsula about 1900 BC Invaders built walled cities around palaces at Mycenae, Thebes, and other locations in southern Greece Mycenean Civilization Borrowed much from Minoan Civilization: Artisans created pottery, jewelry Records kept in writing style of Minoans Took over Minoan sea trade routes to Egypt, Phoenicia, Sicily and southern Italy About 1300 BC, ruler of Mycenae may have formed Achaean Empire from several kingdoms