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Greece

         

    


 		  


A nation located in southeastern Europe, which the capital is the city of Athens, with a long history and tradition, as far back as thousands of years BC.


Greek-speaking Achaeans invaded the Greek peninsula from central Europe circa 2000 BC, displacing and enslaving the Pelasgians (aboriginal non-Greek inhabitants of Greece, Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands).


The earliest highly developed civilization in the Aegean area was the Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 3000-1400 BC) which spread to the mainland and gave rise to the Mycenean civilization (c. 1400-1200 BC). This is the heroic age described by Homer. This civilization was destroyed (c. 1200 BC) by the Dorians, the second great wave of Greek-speaking invaders from the north, who increased the migrations to the islands and to Asia Minor. The early tribal settlements developed (1000-700 BC) into small independent city-states. Growing populations and a shortage of land led to overseas colonization on the coast of the Black Sea, in Sicily and in the western Mediterranean (c. 750-500 BC). By 500 BC most cities were governed by oligarchies or democracies.

     

            

    

   
 
Temple of Hephaestus in Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece. . .  —  Buy this art print at AllPosters.com.
 

 		    


In spite of their shared language, the city-states remained divided and developed separately, with Athens and Sparta emerging as the leading powers. The Greek cities of Asia Minor, which had been absorbed into the Lydian and Persian empires during the 6th century BC, revolted (499 BC) and were crushed, despite help from Athens. This led to the Persian Wars (499-449 BC), in which Persia invaded European Greece and was defeated at Marathon (490 BC) and Plataea (479 BC), the Persian fleet being crushed at Salamis (480 BC).


Athenian democracy attained its peak under Pericles and Athens became the intellectual and artistic center of Greece. Growing rivalry between Sparta and Athens led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which ended with the capitulation of Athens. Continuing rivalries and conflicts greatly weakened the Greek city-states, and Macedonia, under Philip II, grew in power and dominated Greece (338 BC).

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-- Age of Mythology Gold Edition.

-- Ancient Greece.

-- Ancient Lands CD-ROM.

-- Ancient Times CD-ROM.

-- Battle for Troy CD-ROM.

-- Before You Know It Greek Language Tutor Software.

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-- Ancient Greece.

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-- Ancient Greece - Traditions of Greek Culture DVD.

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Temple of Hephaestus in Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece
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The Full Moon Rises Behind the Ancient Temple of Posseidon
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Jason and Pelias, from the House of Jason, or of the Fatal Loves, Pompeii, 1st Century AD
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The Street Musicians, circa 100 BC
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Greece
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-- A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture.

-- Ancient Greece (Cultural Atlas for Young People).

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-- Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times.

-- Ancient Greece: The Dawn of the Western World.

-- Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds.

-- Athens: A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age.

-- Atlas of the Greek World.

-- Bright-Eyed Athena: Stories from Ancient Greece.

-- Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens.

-- Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece.

-- Science in Ancient Greece.

-- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (Cambridge Illustrated History).

-- The Greeks and Greek Civilization.

-- The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece.

-- Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom.

-- World of Athens: An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture.

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