Minoan Crete

One of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world developed on the island of Crete (part of modern-day Greece), in the Mediterranean Sea. Little was known about it until the...

Mycenaeans

The story of civilization on the Greek mainland begins with the Mycenaeans, a warlike people who created a powerful and wealthy state in about 1550 BC. The first settlers in Greece...

Ancient Greece

About 2500 years ago, Greece enjoyed a time of wealth, discovery and invention. It was known as the “Golden Age” of Greece. The country was divided into small states, each...

History of ancient Greece

The story of ancient Greece began in the Bronze Age (3000–1100 BC). During this time, the Cycladic civilization developed in the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea, while the...

Life in ancient Athens

During the 5th and 4th centuries BC, Greek thinkers and artists made huge progress in the arts, philosophy and science. Historians call this the Classical Age of ancient Greece...

Warfare in ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was made up of several hundred city-states. City-states consisted of a main city or town and the villages around it. Each one was ruled by a powerful noble...

Trojan War

The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the city of Troy in Anatolia (modern Turkey), probably some time in the 1200s BC. A war, or series of wars, between the Mycenean...

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) came from Macedonia, a wild mountainous area on the northern borders of Greece. His father Philip became king of Macedonia in 359 BC and united...

Seven Wonders of the World

By the fourth century BC, the Greek World had expanded due to Alexander the Great’s conquests. Greek scholars took the opportunity to explore the new world. As they travelled...

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