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THE ANCIENT GREEKS
The Civilization
of Ancient Greece
The civilization of the Ancient Greeks
started roughly around the year 1200 BC and
Who lived before the Ancient Greeks?
Before the
ancient Greek civilization, there was the
Mycenaean civilization, which started roughly around the
year 1900 BC.
And here is the map.
Map of Mycenaean Greece - 1450 BC
Timeline of the Ancient Greeks
Historians
divide the years of Ancient Greece into the following chapters.
The Dark Age
Very roughly 1200-900 BC
The Archaic
Period
Roughly 900-480 BC
The Classical
Period
Roughly 480-400 BC
The Late
Classical Period
Roughly 400-323 BC
What came after the ancient Greek civilization?
After the
Ancient Greeks came the Hellenistic Age, which is the period from
roughly 330 BC until 30 BC, the switch from Greek glory to Roman power.
Ancient Greek Entertainment
Aeschylus was the man who
changed the theater experience for the ancient Greeks.
Ancient Greek Towns
Just as anywhere in the world, towns and states in ancient Greece
joined forces in various alliances to be better protected from their
enemies.
There were the
amphictyonies, which were
religiously motivated coalitions. Such were the
Delian Amphictyony and the
Delphic Amphictyony.
And then there were the politically
motivated coalitions, such as the
Achaean League, and the
Aetolian League.
Religion Ancient Greece Style
Pythagoras of Samos, favorite
of many a math student, was the founder of something close to a
religion. It was called
Pythagoreanism.
Ancient Greek Rulers
Hippias ruled Athens 528-510
BC. He was ousted by the Spartan ruler
Cleomenes I.
Ancient Greek Social Classes
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Wars and Battles of the Ancient Greeks
Of major
concern were the Persians, who joined the ancient Greeks in the
Greco-Persian Wars, also called the
Persian Wars. The Persians
repeatedly invaded the country and tried to make it part of their
realm.
Buildings
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Language
[dat]
The Country of the Ancient Greeks
It follows a collection of ancient Greece on a
map.
Ancient
Greece (north)
Ancient
Greece (south)
Ancient Olympia
700 BC - 600 BC
Greece
550
BC Mediterranean Sea
500 BC - 479 BC
Greece
450 BC Greece
431 BC Greece
362 BC Greece
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