>The Mycenaean economy, given its pre-monetary nature, was

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>The Mycenaean economy, given its pre-monetary nature, was focused on the redistribution of goods, commodities and labor by a central administration. The preserved Linear B records in Pylos and Knossos indicate that the palaces were closely monitoring a variety of industries and commodities, the organization of land management and the rations given to the dependent personnel.[82][83] The Mycenaean palaces maintained extensive control of the nondomestic areas of production through careful control and acquisition and distribution in the palace industries, and the tallying of produced goods.[84][85]

>Trade over vast areas of the Mediterranean was essential for the economy of Mycenaean Greece.[83] The Mycenaean palaces imported raw materials, such as metals, ivory and glass, and exported processed commodities and objects made from these materials, in addition to local products: oil, perfume, wine, wool and pottery.[83] International trade of that time was not only conducted by palatial emissaries but also by independent merchants.[93]

Was Mycenaea the china of the bronze age?