History and Culture
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History of Greece: Introduction
Read more: History of Greece: IntroductionThe ancient Classical and Hellenistic eras of Greece are undoubtedly the most splendid, having left behind a host of ideas, concepts, and art to provide the foundation of what we call “Western” or “European” civilization. These eras succeeded two millennia…
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History of Ancient Greece: Periods Overview
Read more: History of Ancient Greece: Periods OverviewHistorical Eras Greek history is generally divided into the following eras: Paleolithic (circa 400,000 – 13,000 BP)Mesolithic (circa 10,000 – 7000 BCENeolithic (circa 7000 – 3000 BCE)Bronze Age (circa 3300 – 1150 BCE) Cycladic (circa 3300 – 2000 BCE) Minoan (circa 2600…
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History of Greece: The Stone Age
Read more: History of Greece: The Stone AgeEarliest Humans The earliest evidence of habitation in Greece comes in the form of a skull found in the Petralona Cave in Halikidiki. The cranium has been difficult to date, with some estimates indicating that it is about between 300,000…
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History of Greece: Bronze Age
Read more: History of Greece: Bronze AgeMinoan, Cycladic, and Helladic Cultures The Bronze Age, a period that lasted roughly three thousand years, saw major advances in social, economic, and technological advances that made Greece the hub of activity in the Mediterranean. Historians have classified three distinct…
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History of Greece: Mycenaean Greece
Read more: History of Greece: Mycenaean GreeceMycenaean is the culture that dominated mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and the shores of Asia Minor during the late Bronze Age era (circa 1600-1100 BCE). The Mycenaean Era occupies the tail end of the Helladic Civilization, which flourished in…
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History of Greece: The Dark Ages
Read more: History of Greece: The Dark AgesMinimal Cultural Output The extensive damage done to the Mycenaean civilization at the end of the second millennia took three hundred years to reverse. We call this period “the Dark Ages” partly because the people of Greece fell into an…
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History of Greece: Archaic Era
Read more: History of Greece: Archaic EraPrelude of the Classical Era The next period of Greek History is described as Archaic and lasted for about two hundred years from (700 – 480 BCE). During this epoch Greek population recovered and organized politically in city-states (Polis) comprised of citizens,…
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History of Greece: Classical Greece
Read more: History of Greece: Classical GreeceAthens and Sparta The flurry of development and expansion of the Archaic Era was followed by the period of maturity we came to know as “Classical Greece”. Between 480 and until 323 BCE Athens and Sparta dominated the Hellenic world…
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History of Greece: Hellenistic Period
Read more: History of Greece: Hellenistic PeriodA Cosmopolitan Era The Hellenistic Age (323-31 BCE) marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open, cosmopolitan, and at times exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean, and Southwest Asia. The autonomy…
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Greek Mythology
Read more: Greek MythologyIntorduction The ancient Greek spiritual beliefs, religion, and oral tradition are all reflected and formulated through rich myths and legends that besides entertainment provided an articulation of Greek culture’s moral fiber. Taken as a whole, what we call “mythology” today…