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The Grek city-state is created known to Greeks as a Polis. Each polis had a community of citizens that would help make the decisions for their city
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The phalanx was used in battle and changed warfare for quite some time.
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The Olympics were held every four years during the second full moon in August, and the festivities lasted five days.
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Iron was introduced into Greece. This was a significant development especially for weaponry.
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The Mycenaean civilization ends. The cause is unknown but speculated either from war, or from natural disaster.
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This time is referred to as the Dark Ages because many of the developements of prior civilizations were lost for a period of time. The invention of waterproof plaster came about during this time. It was a great invention for ships as well as for the housing structures.
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Minoan civilization came to an abrupt end. The cause is not entirely known. Fire, Tsunami, and volcanic destruction have been speculated.
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Although inhabitants were living around the area of athens since as early as 7000 BC, the first Agoura was established in Athens and public buldings around 1100 BC.
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Mycenaean civilization grows in Greece. They are great engineers and build bridges, fortifications, and improve drainage and irrigation systems.
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The sophisticated city is established.
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The Minoans build palaces at Knossos and Phaistos on Crete with a central court. They built their palces and couts with the idea of growth and expansion in mind.
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Ionian and Achaean tribes migrate to Greece.
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Italic tribes migrate into Greece and introduce bronze work.
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The Mycenaeans began maily as looters and pillagers, but later became more civilized and took part in trading and commerce.
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The beginnings of modern democracy are formed where power is spread amongst the many and not only the few.
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The beginning of settlement in Sparta.
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The Dark Ages
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Minoan civilization grows. Towns were built around a central palace which served as a center for agricultural distribution and economic power. Minoans were extensive traders. Minoans shaped the early Greek civilization, later immortalized by Homer and other Greek poets.
