Ancient Greece
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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MYCENAEANS THE FIRST GREEKS, 1600-1200 BC
In the 3rd millennium BC a prosperous Bronze Age culture developed in the Greek peninsula in small towns in the Pelopnnese. Around 2000bc they were destroyed by invaders, probably from the north, and for a time urban life totally disappeared. Then in 1600 bc a new civilization emerged from the ashes and built amazing tombs … Continue reading
Categories: Ancient Greece
Tags: Ancient Greece, ancient greek history, BC, bonce age, classical greece, homer, minoans, mycenaean, sparta, tholos tomb, troy
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