Mycenae was the Kingdom of mythical King Agamemnon, who led the Greeks to the Trojan War!
It is the most important palatial center of late bronze age, one of the major centers of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and the east. The period of Greek history 1600 BC to 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference.
