Greek Philosophy from Thales to Aristotle (c.600-300 BCE)
Introduction When people think of the ancient Greeks, they usually think of such things as Gr…
Early Athens to c.500 BCE
Introduction When people think of the ancient Greeks, they usually think of such things as Gr…
byWatson Williams
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Early Athens to c.500 BCE
While Athens is the city we generally think of when the Greeks are mentioned, it did not alwa…
byWatson Williams
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The Rise of Sparta to 500 BCE
Come home with your shield or on it. — Spartan women, to their men leaving for battl…
byWatson Williams
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The Rise of Greek Democracy (c.750-500 BCE)
The Age of Colonization (c.750-550 B.C.E) Greece was not a rich land capable of supporting a…
byWatson Williams
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The Dark Age of Greece & the Rise of the Polis (c.1100-750 BCE)
Introduction: the Dark Age of Greece The centuries following the fall of the Mycenaeans are most…
byWatson Williams
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Bronze Age Greece of the Minoans & Mycenaeans (c.2500-1100 BCE)
Introduction While the peoples of the ancient Near East gave us civilization, the Greeks gave i…
byWatson Williams
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The Impact of Disease on Early Civilizations
Agriculture and cities brought many changes, but not all of them were good. Two things in part…
byWatson Williams
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The Persian Empire (c.550-330 BCE)
Introduction Few people today can boast a longer and prouder history than the Iranians, des…
byWatson Williams
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Masters of the Sea: The Phoenicians (c.1200-500 BCE)
It is easy for us today to take sea-borne trade and travel for granted. But what if no one had …
byWatson Williams
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