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Aegean Age
2000 B.C. - 1150 B.C.
Minoan Civilization (Crete)
Mycenaean Civilization (mainland) …. Where the trojan war was
Both trading in Mediterranean
1150 B.C. - 700 B.C.
-Greek Dark Ages
Time of stagnation in terms of political development
Different Greek tribes slowly begin to unite their language, religion & culture
800 B.C. - 700 B.C.
Development of the “polis” - city state
Urban are & rules over the surrounding rural area
700 B.C. - 500 B.C. Archaic Age
Age of City-States - competing, trading
4 most powerful: Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth
Politically, most city states or oligarchies - rule of the few
Exception - Sparta
Military dictatorship
Slaves
Isolated in mountains
500 B.C. -338 B.C.
Classical Age
Athens becomes a democracy, Sparta becomes more powerful.
Persians Wars, (Greece VS Persia)
Pelopponesian War (Athens VS Sparta)
Great Philosophers & mathematicians
Sociates, Plato, Aristotle
Sparta: Military, strict, disciplined, allies with Ionian sea, western and northern greece, slave holding, isolated
Athens: Port city, huge amounts of trade, very rich, very diverse, center of culture, (theatre), center for philosophy and math, music, art.
Hellenistic age ( last of the ages) ….after Alexander the Great
(to imitate Greeks)
Moral Code of Greece = Not Religion, Philosophy
Titans - Highest group of Gods - control the UNIVERSE
King of Titans =
Cronus <3 Rhea