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States and territories disestablished in the 12th century BC

  • Mycenaean GreeceThe year 1750 BC marks the beginning of a new era in mainland Greece, known as the Late Helladic period. Archaeologists trace the emergence of Mycenaean…
  • HittitesThe ancestors of the Hittites arrived in Anatolia between 4400 and 4100 BC. Recent genetic research indicates that Proto-Anatolian speakers entered this…
  • Minoan civilizationThe island of Crete held the first anatomically modern human presence around 10,000 to 12,000 years before present. Stone-tool evidence suggests hominins may…