Mycenaeantw

  Around 1900 B.C.E., people began settling in mainland Greece. They began to build cities and chose to locate these on hills so that they could keep watch over the surrounding areas and the coastline. The largest and most powerful of these cities was Mycenae, a city that stood on a hill overlooking the plain of Argos. The Mycenaeans built a strong fleet of ships and became the dominant naval power in the Aegean.