Dorian invasion

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ancient Greek migration historiographical concept hypothetical historical event

The Dorian invasion is a hypothesized ancient Greek migration or incursion traditionally linked to the end of the Mycenaean civilization and the rise of the Dorian Greeks in the Peloponnese.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dorian conquest of the Peloponnese	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek migration ⓘ historiographical concept ⓘ hypothetical historical event ⓘ
associatedWith	Dorian Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorians NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestedIn	later Greek genealogical traditions ⓘ writings of ancient Greek geographers ⓘ writings of ancient Greek historians ⓘ
category	Ancient Greek history ⓘ Bronze Age collapse NERFINISHED ⓘ Historical migrations ⓘ Historiography of Greece ⓘ
consequenceTraditionally	destruction or abandonment of Mycenaean centers ⓘ migration of Greek populations to Asia Minor ⓘ
contrastedWith	gradual cultural diffusion of Doric dialects ⓘ
describedAs	hypothesized ancient Greek migration or incursion ⓘ
field	Aegean prehistory NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient history ⓘ classical studies ⓘ
hasUncertainty	degree of violence involved ⓘ exact timing ⓘ scale of population movement ⓘ
influenced	19th- and 20th-century reconstructions of Greek ethnogenesis ⓘ
languageImpact	spread of Doric Greek dialects ⓘ
linkedTo	Greek Dark Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ collapse of Mycenaean palace culture ⓘ displacement of earlier Mycenaean populations ⓘ emergence of Dorian city-states such as Sparta ⓘ end of the Late Bronze Age in Greece ⓘ end of the Mycenaean civilization ⓘ rise of the Dorian Greeks in the Peloponnese ⓘ
modernScholarshipView	historicity is debated ⓘ may reflect complex population movements ⓘ may reflect internal social and political changes ⓘ no clear archaeological evidence for a single massive invasion ⓘ
region	Greek mainland ⓘ Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Greece ⓘ
relatedMyth	Heraclid conquest of the Peloponnese ⓘ Return of the Heracleidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceType	ancient Greek legend ⓘ later Greek tradition ⓘ
traditionalDateRange	around 1200–1100 BCE ⓘ late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hyllus → associatedWith → Dorian invasion ⓘ

Heracleidae → hasMythologicalTheme → Dorian invasion ⓘ

Aletes → associatedWithEvent → Dorian invasion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorian conquest of the Peloponnese

Dorus → relatedConcept → Dorian invasion ⓘ