Greece

The History of Greece

3000 BCE

So, the first Greek civilization developed around this time (Ignitia.com Editors). Their capitol was at Knossos (Ignitia.com Editors). During these ancient time the country was divided into city-states, they were rules by noblemen (kids.nationalgeographic.com). The largest were the Athens Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth (kids.nationalgeographic.com). Each state had controlle of their territory, and sometime they were at war with the other states (kids.nationalgeographic.com).

The Mycenaeans

1900 BCE

The Mycenaeans were Indo-Europeans (Ignitia.com Editors). They claimed their capitol at the city of Mycenae (Ignitia.com Editors). The Mycenaeans extended their influence throughout the Pelponnese in Greece (Cartwright Mark).

The Dark Ages

1100 BCE

This period of time was a confusing time in Greek history (Ignitia.com Editors). Around 1100 B.C there was a violent invasion by the Dorians (Ignitia.com Editors). Some of these people settled in the upper Greek Peninsula (Ignitia.com Editors). There was a state of Greek that didn't become a part of the Greek pattern, this city was called Sparta (Ignitia.com Editors).

Culture

900 BCE

The Greeks were interested in athletic, they were one of the few cultures that became interested in that (Ignitia.com Editors). The Greeks were amazed by the human body (Ignitia.com Editors). Greek literature was very varied (Ignitia.com Editors). They wrote philosophy, epic poetry, drama, and history (Ignitia.com Editors).

Sparta

650 BCE

This was a city of Greek that didn't become a part of the pattern of the other Greek states (Ignitia.com Editors). This city was more interested in war rather than trade and agriculture (Ignitia.com Editors). The individualism was suppressed because they wanted to make every male into a solider (Ignitia.com Editors). In the early lives of the baby boys they were judge weather or not to be in the Spartan military regime (Ignitia.com).

The Persian Wars

490 BCE

During this year a new leader came on the world scene (Ignitia.com Editors). His name was Cyrus (also known as Cyrus the great) (Ignitia.com Editors). Greco-Persian Wars, which was called Persian Wars, hada series of wars that was fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century (Cartwright Mark). Although the Persian empire was at the peak of its strength, the, the defense made by the Greeks overcame over the impossible odds. (Cartwright Mark).

The Golden Age of Greece

460 BCE

It was Athens' finest hour, then it led the Greek world in a great outpouring of culture (Ignitia.com Editors). One thing of the Golden Age was the energetic commerce (Ignitia.com Editors). Athenian merchants, having broadened their knowledge of both from the outside world ans the sea at war with Persia, they began to trade all over the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas (Ignitia.com Editors). There rock-walled harbor had begun by Themistocles and it was completed (the port was called Piraeus).

The Peloponnesian War

433 BCE

The war was between the Athens and Corinth (Ignitia.com Editors). Within the walls, the Athens were crowded (Ignitia.com Editors). The city was filled with refugees from the countryside (Ignitia.com Editors). A terrible plague spread unto the people killing thousands (Ignitia.com Editors). Funeral pyres burned all night and day, this was the greatest tragedy of all times (Ignitia.com Editors). This fighting had continued for ten years (Ignitia.com Editors).

The Rise of Macedonia

359 BCE

All the Greek states was weakened by all the wars they fought (Ignitia.com Editors). Three years later Phillip struck at Olympus and sold the populace into slavery (Ignitia.com Editors). Athens, slow and kept from retaliating by bad weather, sent a delegation to negotiate (Ignitia.com Editors). Phillip flattered his visitros but he wouldn't sign any of the treaties that they offered him (Ignitia.com Editors). They became disappointed Arcadia and Argos called Phillip a hero (Ignitia.com Editors).

Alexander the Great

334 BCE

Alexander the Great left an amazing, new (kind of) legacy (Ignitia.com Editors). We know empires have been built before, but nothing compared from his conquests (Ignitia.com Editors). When Alexander the Great died, at the age of thirty-two, he reigned over a big territory (Ignitia.com Editors). This territory reached from the modern Macedonia in the north to Egypt in the South, a clear through the Middle East to the border of India (Ignitia.com Editors). He had a huge territory!