A catastrophic flood in the city of Tiryns (before 1200 BC)

The Mycenaean civilization of Greece, was one of the major civilizations of the Bronze Age, dating from 1600 BC to 1150 BC. Mycenaeans developed particular skills in land and water management. They built long low dams which are low dikes made of earth supported by cyclopean stones, only 2 to 4 m high, and sometimes as long as 2500 m. With a highly centralized organization, palaces were the place where the economy was ruled, products from agriculture stored and redistributed. Tyrins in the Peloponnese was perhaps the most remarkable. The palace has a cistern in place, fed by the diversion of an underground source. There was also an extended system of sewage and drains for rainwater management and for the evacuation of used water. Although destroyed one time by massive flooding, the people managed to rebuild the city which was later destroyed when the palace and whole city of Tyrins was sacked and burnt by raiders called the Sea People.