The Dorians

The Dorians lived in villages in the mountains of northern Greece. They shared a place called Hellas with the Mycenaeans for 500 years. The Mycenaeans were allot stronger than the Dorians. Their cities were well protected and they had no interest in the poor Dorians. The Dorians were the weaker ones and couldn't win battles.

This all started to change when they discovered iron. In 1200 B.C. they started making weapons out of it, like the iron slashing sword. The iron was allot better then bronze. It was lighter and sharper and could even go right through a bronze armor. This was the begining of the Dorians becoming strong.

They weren't the only ones who started to use iron. Lots of the world was using it too, except for the Mycenaeans. One ingredient you needed to make the iron could not be found in the south were the Mycenaeans lived. They did have lots of bronze, but it wasn't as strong as iron. Since the Dorians had stronger weapons, they were able to defeat people that they couldn't defeat before.

They had conquered most of Hellas by the time 1150 B.C. They burned cities and scared people away. They fled until there was no one left. They destroyed the Mycenaeans civilization and started to rule Hellas.