Category: History and Culture
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History of Ancient Greece: Periods Overview
Read more: History of Ancient Greece: Periods OverviewIllustrated Overview Historical Periods Ancient Greek history is generally divided into the following eras: Stone Age (circa 400 000 BP –…
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History of Ancient Olympia
Read more: History of Ancient OlympiaThe sanctuary at Olympia (Ολυμπία) is positioned in a serene and fertile valley between the Alpheios and the Kladeos rivers in…
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History of Greece: Archaic Era
Read more: History of Greece: Archaic EraThe period of Ancient Greece that followed the Dark Age is described as Archaic and lasted for about two hundred years from 700…
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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 two thousand years, saw major advances in social,…
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History of Greece: Classical Greece
Read more: History of Greece: Classical GreeceThe flurry of development and expansion of the Archaic Era was followed by the period of maturity we came to know…
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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…
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History of Greece: Mycenaean Greece
Read more: History of Greece: Mycenaean GreeceMycenaean is the civilization that dominated mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and the shores of Asia Minor during the late Bronze…
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History of Greece: The Dark Ages
Read more: History of Greece: The Dark AgesThe Early Iron Age The extensive damage done to the Mycenaean civilization at the end of the second millennia took three…
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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…
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History of Minoan Crete
Read more: History of Minoan CreteThe Minoans (c. 3500 – 1100 BCE) had developed significant naval power and for many centuries lived in contact with all…
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History of the Acropolis
Read more: History of the AcropolisGeology & Geography The Acropolis rock is part of a Late Cretaceous limestone ridge (Higgins, 29) that cuts through the Attica…
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Kefalonia: Ancient History | Κεφαλονιά: Αρχαία Ιστορία
Read more: Kefalonia: Ancient History | Κεφαλονιά: Αρχαία ΙστορίαStone Age Human habitation on Kefalonia began as early as the Middle Palaeolithic period, roughly 100,000 to 40,000 years ago. During…