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The population of Greece is believed to have decreased by 90% in the centuries following the collapse of the Bronze Age. This is because they were isolated from their neighbors after being a traveling and trading culture.
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Began the Archaic Age of Greece which lasted from 800-490 BCE.
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The Olympics were named after the southern site in Greece, they were held every four years.
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This is when the earliest surviving Greek literature is from, thanks to the new alphabet, it served as the basis for the Roman alphabet.
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The Spartans conquered a large area of territory in their home region, in the southern Greek peninsula called the Peloponnesus
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Many poleis instituted tyrants to stave off a civil war being the less wealthy citizens and the aristocrats.
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The Spartans placed total emphasis on a super elite, but smaller, citizenship of warriors.
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Oligarchy, a comprised government, wanted to replace the aristocrats and the tyrants.
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During this century the Athens and Spartans rivaled each other for the most powerful polis in Greece
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The Athens were rich and very populous, they had a population of 600,000 in just a 1,000 square mile radius. They were also a prominent force in the Mediterranean trade.
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What makes the Greeks so memorable was what they discovered and left behind that shaped our world to this day. They invented educational practices that we still to this day.
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