Important Historical Sources for the Minoan and the Mycenaean Civilizations

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What were the most important historical sources for the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations?
The primary antique source of Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations is The Iliad of Homer by Homer. Homer’s classic stories of wars and civilization, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were set within the culture archaeologists refer to as Mycenaean. The archaeological correlate for the communities that took part in the Trojan War within the Iliad and the Odyssey is the Mycenaean or Helladic culture. The Mycenaean civilization emerged from the Minoan cultures on mainland Greek between 1600 and 1700 BC, and by 1400 BC, it had expanded into the Aegean islands. The epicenters of the Mycenaean civilization cultures included Orchomenos, Thebes, Menelaion, Gla, Knossos, Tiryns, Pylos, and Mycenae.
How valuable are the Homeric Epics as sources for early Greek history?
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