The Mycenaean Civilisation (1600-1100 BC), named from its greatest centre, Mycenaean in the Peloponnese, was born in Greece. Its radiance reached from Asia Minor, the Middle East and Egypt to the western Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. The earlier Minoan Civilisation of Crete, which was at its height in the 16th century BC, deeply influenced the development of Mycenaean Culture and together they constitute the first two great European civilizations.