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It started in Crete, an island. Its name came from the mythological King Minos. They were rich because of trade
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Minoan settlements, tombs and cementeries have been found all over Crte but the four principal palaces were Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zrakos
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They lived on the Peloponnese.Their name came from the city Mycenae. They were organised into small states. Their main activity was agriculture
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It was a belic conflict where fought Aqueos Armies against Troya
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Dorians were thought to have gained their name from Doris, a small district in central Greece
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Dorians were from the northern Greece. They invaded the Peloponnese.
They founded cities on the coast of Asia Minor, now Turkey. The Greek dark age began -
Sparta is a city-state organised by Licurgo and his laws, governed by two kings
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He is the autor of the two biggest epic poems
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The villages envolved into poleis or city-states
People worked in agricultura and commerce
Each poleis wasruled by itsoligarchy, a group of wealthy
After the 6th century bc people creatednew laws as: tyranny or democracy -
He organises the republic of Athens.
The society is divided into three social class: Citizens, metecos and slaves -
.Persians crossedthe Aegean Sea to make over Greece, but Altheniansstopped them at the Battle of Marathon
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This was the period of maximun prosperity for the greeek poleis
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Xerxes, son of Darius, conquered northern Creece. Persians took Althens, but werefinally defeated in the naval Battle of Salamis
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Poleis formed the Delian League to protect themselvesfrom future persian attacks
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The kigdom of Macedonia became very powerful. Alexander the Great created one of the greatest empires of Antiquity.
Rome conquered Greece in the 2nd century BC -
The hellenistic religión was sincretic
It dealt about gods from orient -
The hellenistic monarchy was an aristocrazy created by the own King and developed a carácter cosmopolit,very far from the previous nobility
