Were the Dorians backwards?

So I'm reading up a bit here, on the Mycenaeans and if I'm reading this correctly, they were invaded by the Dorians (Greeks from the north) and then flung into the Greek Dark ages were shit was pretty much at a stand still.

If I'm to read this correctly, the Dorians were backwards and flung the former Greek Kingdom into crap? Couldn't they have just as easily taken over and formed their OWN kingdom? Hell, even rival, seperate, smaller kingdoms would be fine. Did they simply jump in and burn everything and then fuck women 'till they EVOLVED AND GREW BRAINS AND CULTURE AND GLORIOUS GREECE

The cause was the discovery of iron, most large empires crumbled during the bronze age collapse, an era characterised by tribes from the hinterlands overwhelming thin strips of civilisation along rivers and coasts.

>>3
is that a yes or no?

I assume yes.

>>4
Well arguably the Dorians would have restored greek Cities, intensive agriculture and trade after the dust settled and they recognised their value, however they could not do this because of the same reason the pre-classical Greeks could not defend themselves against them, endemic warfare.

tl;dr: no

The Snairod may have been backwards, tho...
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