Wayewar Mycenaean ta samo asali kuma ta samo asali daga al'umma da al'adun zamanin Helladic na Farko da Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Girika.Ya fito a cikin c.1600 KZ, lokacin da al'adun Helladic a ƙasar Girka ta canza a ƙarƙashin rinjayar Minoan Crete kuma ya dade har zuwa rushewar gidajen Mycenaean a c.1100 KZ.Mycenaean Girka shine wayewar zamanin Helladic Bronze na tsohuwar Girka kuma shine tarihin tarihi na almara na Homer da galibin tatsuniyoyi da addini na Girka.Lokacin Mycenaean ya ɗauki sunansa daga wurin binciken kayan tarihi na Mycenae a arewa maso gabashin Argolid, a cikin Peloponnesos na kudancin Girka.Athens, Pylos, Thebes, da Tiryns suma mahimman wuraren Mycenaean ne.Jarumi aristocracy ne ya mamaye wayewar Mycenaean.Kusan 1400 KZ, Mycenaeans sun ba da ikon su zuwa Crete, tsakiyar tsakiyar Minoan, kuma sun karbi wani nau'i na rubutun Minoan mai suna Linear A don rubuta farkon nau'in Helenanci.Rubutun zamanin Mycenaean ana kiransa Linear B, wanda Michael Ventris ya fassara a cikin 1952.Mycenaeans sun binne manyansu a cikin kaburburan kudan zuma (tholoi), manyan dakunan binne masu madauwari tare da rufin rufi mai tsayi da madaidaiciyar hanyar shiga da aka lika da dutse.Sau da yawa sukan binne biredi ko wani nau'in kayan aikin soja tare da marigayin.Yawancin lokaci ana binne masu martaba da abin rufe fuska na zinari, tiaras, sulke, da kuma kayan ado na jauhari.An binne Mycenaean a zaune, kuma wasu daga cikin manyan mutane sun yi mummification.Kusan 1100-1050 KZ, wayewar Mycenaean ta rushe.An kori garuruwa da dama kuma yankin ya shiga abin da masana tarihi ke gani a matsayin "lokacin duhu".A wannan lokacin, Girka ta sami raguwar yawan jama'a da karatu.A al'adance Girkawa da kansu sun dora alhakin wannan raguwa a kan wani hari da wani gungun mutanen Girka, Dorians suka yi, duk da cewa akwai 'yan tsirarun shaidar archaeological game da wannan ra'ayi.