Chapter 3
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Oct 2018
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Created byEllen Joosten
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Bronze tools and weapons become common in GreeceMinoan culture begins to thrive on CreteMycenaean culture develops in GreecePhillip II of Macedonia gains control of GreeceA series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on nearby islands, some of which resulted in large tsunamis, disrupt the Minoan societyMycenaeans attack Crete in the wake of an earthquake that left Crete vulnerablePeriods
"Bronze Age Collapse"; migration and destructionDark Age; population declines; trade decreases; writing disappearsArchaic Age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean; Homer and Hesiod compose epics and poetrySparta expands and develops a military statePolitical reforms in Archaic AthensPre-Socratics develop ideas about the nature of the universeClassical Period; development of drama, philosophy and major building projects in AthensPersian warsPeloponnesian WarLife of PlatoLife of AristotleThebe, with an alliance of city-states, rules GreeceMinoan societySeries of wars between various kingdoms in and beyond Greece, e.g. the Trojan War fought in Ionia
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