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  1. Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

  2. Aug 13, 2024 · Ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 BCE, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BCE. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed a legacy with unparalleled influence on Western civilization.

  3. Nov 13, 2013 · Early History of Ancient Greece. Ancient Greek history is most easily understood by dividing it into time periods. The region was already settled, and agriculture initiated, during the Paleolithic era as evidenced by finds at Petralona and Franchthi caves (two of the oldest human habitations in the world).

  4. ancient Greek civilization, The period between the end of the Mycenaean civilization (1200 bce) and the death of Alexander the Great (323 bce) that significantly influenced later Western culture in politics, philosophy, and art.

  5. Mar 5, 2010 · Ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy, was the source of some of the greatest literature, architecture, science and philosophy in Western civilization, and home to stunning historical sites...

  6. Classical period. By around 500 B.C.E. “rule by the people,” or democracy, had emerged in the city of Athens. Following the defeat of a Persian invasion in 480-479 B.C.E., mainland Greece and Athens in particular entered into a golden age. In drama and philosophy, literature, art and architecture, Athens was second to none.

  7. Course: World history > Unit 2. Lesson 2: Classical Greece. Classical Greece. The Greek polis. The Greek polis. State-building: the Greek polis. Greco Persian Wars. Second Persian Invasion. Classical Greek Society and Culture.

  8. Aug 13, 2024 · Ancient Greek civilization - Culture, Philosophy, Democracy: Between 500 and 386 bce Persia was for the policy-making classes in the largest Greek states a constant preoccupation. (It is not known, however, how far down the social scale this preoccupation extended in reality.)

  9. Ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy, was the source of some of the greatest literature, architecture, science and philosophy in Western civilization, and home to beautiful historical...

  10. 5 days ago · Ancient Greek culture has a thousand years old history, from the earliest civilizations in the area to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks. Following a Greek Dark Age, Greece over again flourished and advanced into the historical culture that we understand today.