History Summarized: Mycenaean Greece & the Bronze Age Collapse

I’m pronouncing Mycenaean & Mycenae with a hard “K“ sound because that’s how it sounds in Greek, and I would not be so impolite as to mispronounce the name of the first Greek-speaking civilization in history. (The name of “Mycenae“ can be spelled Μυκῆναι or Μυκήνη, and I’m using the first one: mee-KEE-neh) SOURCES & Further Reading (get ready it’s a long one): “The Greeks: A Global History“ by Roderick Beaton, “The Greeks: An Illustrated History“ by Diane Cline, Lectures from The Great Courses “Schliemann and Mycenae“ & “ The Long Twilight“ & “The Age of Heroes“ from “Ancient Greek Civilization“ by Jeremy McInerney, “Bronze Age Greece: Minoans and Mycenaeans“ from “The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture“ and “Being Minoan and Mycenaean“ from “The Other Side of History: Daily Life i