Zusammenfassung der Ressource
( ͡° < ͡°) Ancient
Greece ( ͡° < ͡°)
- The Archaic Period
- Ancient Greek civilisation
developed in the south of
the Balkan Peninsula.
- There is no
place in Greece
which is further
than 90 km from
the sea.
- Greece is made
up of several
mountain
ranges
separated by
valleys.
- They never formed
an unified state, but
they shared a
certain sense of
unity. They referred
to themselves as
Hellenes.
- 8th - 6th centuries BC.
- Poleis were
independent
city-states
consisting of an
urban part
surrounded by a
rural part.
- The causes of Greek
colonisation were
the increase in
population and the
uneven distribution
of the territory.
- Ancient Greek
civilisation
developed
between the
8th and 1st
centuries BC.
- There were 3
periods known
as Archaic,
Classical and
Hellenistic.
- They created the
alphabet,
democracy,
money and
ironworking.
- Classical Period:
- At the beginning of
the 5th century BC,
the Persians tried
to conquer
continental Greece.
- The Athenian
army had a key
role in the battles
of Marathon (490
BC) and Salamis
(480BC)
- After this, Athens
became the
most important
Greek polis.
- After the Greco-Persian wars
ended, Greece entered a civil
war, where Athens fought
against Sparta(431 BC - 404 BC),
Sparta won and imposed its
hegemony.
- This left the polis
greatly weakened, and
in the 4th century BC,
Philip of Macedonia
imposed its rule over
all Greece, except for
Sparta.
- 5th century Bc - 338 BC
- Hellenistic Period.
- 338 BC -30 BC.
- Alexander the Great
(356 - 323 BC) started to
conquer more places,
for example, Egypt,
where he founded
several cities with
completely varied and
original names, such as
Alexandria, Alexandria,
Alexandria and
Alexandropolis.
- When he died,
his generals
created the
Hellenistic
monarchies.