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The last holdout and epitome of the palace system was Mycenaean Greece which was completely destroyed during the Bronze Age collapse and the following Greek Dark Ages.
The Mycenaean palatial system collapsed around 1200 BCE, but Mycenaean culture was not 'completely destroyed' then; it continued in a postpalatial phase for more than a century.
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This sentence conflates the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces with the complete destruction of Mycenaean Greece. Standard reference works distinguish these. The Oxford Classical Dictionary states that around 1200 BCE the palace centres were destroyed, but Mycenaean culture continued for more than a century after the collapse. A recent Cambridge overview likewise says the end of the Mycenaean palatial system around 1200 BC transformed society, while some burial and ritual practices continued for three to four generations. So it is inaccurate to say Mycenaean Greece was 'completely destroyed' in the Bronze Age collapse and Dark Ages; the palatial system ended, but Mycenaean culture persisted in a postpalatial period.
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- collapse of the Bronze Age Aegean | Oxford Classical Dictionary
Around 1200 bce, the Mycenaean palace centres of mainland Greece and Crete were destroyed... Mycenaean culture continued for more than a century after the collapse, but the features associated with palaces and kings disappeared.
- The Transformation of the Mycenaean World
The end of the Mycenaean palatial system around 1200 BC marked a turning point... Burial rites and ritual practices also continued in the tradition of the palatial era for three to four generations.