1500-1400 BCE – The Minoans went into decline and the Mycenaean Greeks took control of Crete around 1450 BCE.
1200-1100 BCE – The Bronze Age Collapse began around 1200 BCE. Troy was destroyed around 1184 BCE, Knossos was burnt around 1180 BCE, and most of the other Greek cities (along with almost all of the other Mediterranean civilizations) collapsed or were severely weakened during this period. Linear B died out with the disappearance of the palatial bureaucracies, ushering in the 400-year-long Greek Dark Age.