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wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece
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Last phase of bronze age in ancient Greece spanning the period from approximately 1600 to 1100 BCE
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Trojan war between the Greeks and Trojans lasted 10 years.Trojans kidnapped Helen, and the Trojans refused to return her and the Greeks formed an army.
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The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade and overrun the Trojan city of Troy
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Created a writing system,Urban developmaent,
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The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet.
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Born on the coast on asia minor famous for epic poems.
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were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years the men have a 200m.sprint.
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The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias.
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The rule of aristocratic leaders was challenged by lesser aristocrats or wealthy tradesmen who wanted to overthrow the monopoly of the aristocrats. Known as tyrants they seized power from the aristocracy and took over rule in their stead.
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Information about money in Greece and the Greek islands: ... Greece is part of the European Union and Greece money currency is Euro.
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Direct Democracy: A form of direct democracy in ancient Greece was practiced in ancient city-state of Athens for about 100 years. It was an experiment. ... Five hundred (500) names were drawn from a pool of all the citizens of ancient Athens. Those 500 citizens had to serve for one year.
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Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.
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The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
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The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece.
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Parthenon, temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century BCE and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”). The temple is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order, the simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders.
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Athens lost the Peloponnesian Wars. The Athenian democratic government was removed and replaced by a ruling body of 30 tyrants.
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King Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, ruled one of the world's largest empires. His reign as Spain's king began the Golden Age, a period of great cultural growth in literature, music and the visual arts. He was also the King of England through his marriage to Mary Tudor for four years.
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Born circa 428 B.C.E., ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. ... Plato founded the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He died in Athens circa 348 B.C.E.
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A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. In use since ancient times, the catapult has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during warfare.
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Philip II, King of Macedon conquered Greece
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The League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, was founded by Philip II to boost support against Persia.
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Philip II, King of Macedon was assassinated – his son Alexander became King of Macedon. He was later known as Alexander the Great
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Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens
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Alexander conquered the Persians and declared himself King of Persia
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Alexander conquered Egypt and made Alexandria the capital of his newly gained land
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Alexander the Great died. His son had not yet been born so his conquered lands were divided between his top generals.
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Aristotle, philosopher, mathematician, student of Plato, tutor of Alexander died in Euboea.
