History of Greece
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History of Greece: Introduction and Significance
Read more: History of Greece: Introduction and SignificanceThe ancient Classical and Hellenistic eras of Greece, between the 5th and the 1st century BCE, are undoubtedly the most splendid. They left behind an enduring heritage of ideas, concepts, and art that have been influential for centuries around the…
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History of Ancient Greece: Overview of Periods and Geography
Read more: History of Ancient Greece: Overview of Periods and GeographyHistorical 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) in the…
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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: 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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Ancient Greece Timeline
Read more: Ancient Greece TimelinePetralona scull(Dating estimates vary widely from 700000 to 160000 years before present) Paleolithic Period(2.5 million – 10000 BCE) Apidima Cave scull fragment is the earliest example of modern humans (early Homo sapiens) found outside Africa. 210000 years ago 13000…