Ancient Greece

Question 1

ancient Greece

Answer 1

• period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 bce, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 bce
• period between the catastrophic end of the Mycenaean civilization and about 900 bce is often called a Dark Age
• first “date” in Greek history is 776 bce, the year of the first Olympic Games
• world of the colonizing states was aristocratic in the sense that a small number of exclusive clans within cities monopolized citizenship and political control.