Monthly Archives: January 2010
Julio-Claudian Family Tree
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Greek Renaissance 800-700 BC
Around 800 BC this enclosed, static society began to change. The spur was increasing population, growing prosperity at home and renewed contacts with traders from the Levant. The traders were Phoenicians, a Semitic people from the coast of modern Lebanon who founded Carthage near modern Tunis in 814 BC. The use of iron also spread, … Continue reading
Categories: Ancient Greece, Ancient history
Tags: greek alphabet, greek renaissance, hesiod, homer, the iliad, the odyssey
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