ANCIENT GREECE

 The civilization of Ancient Greece emerged into the light of world history in the 8th century
BC
 it is regarded as coming to an end when Greece fell to the Romans, in 146 BC.
 However, major Greek (or “Hellenistic”, as modern scholars call them) kingdoms lasted
longer than this.
 As a culture (as opposed to a political force), Greek civilization lasted longer still, continuing
right to the end of the ancient world.
 Greek civilization had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire. Indeed, some modern
scholars see the Roman era as a continuation of the same civilization, which they label
“Graeco-Roman”.
 In any case, the Roman conquest carried many features of Greek civilization to far-flung
parts of the Mediterranean world and Western Europe. Through the mediation of the
Romans, therefore, Greek civilization came to be the founding culture of Western civilization.

TIMELINE OF ANCIENT GREECE

 776 BC: Traditional date for the first Olympic Games

 c. 750: Greek cities start planting colonies on other Mediterranean coasts, adapt the
Phoenician alphabet for their own use, and later adopt metal coinage from Lydia, in Asia
Minor
 594: Solon gives Athens a new constitution; this is the start of the rise of democracy in
Greece
 490-479: The Persian Wars – Athens and Sparta lead the Greeks in defending their land
against invasion from the huge Persian Empire
 447: Work begins on the Parthenon in Athens, then at the height of its glory
 431-404: The Second Peloponnesian War – Athens is defeated by Sparta, which now
becomes the leading power in Greece
 399: The Athenian philosopher Socrates is condemned to death for questioning conventional
ideas
 338: King Philip II of Macedon defeats the Greek city-states and imposes his dominion on
them.
4 MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE

 The Archaic period, when the civilization’s main features were evolving, lasted from the
8th to the 6th centuries BC.
  Classical Greece flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. This was marked by the
period of the Persian Wars (c. 510-479 BC)
 Golden Age of Athens (c. 479-404 BC),
 Classical era (404-338 BC).

Sources:
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=488&HistoryID=aa53&gtra
ck=pthc
http://www.historiasiglo20.org/egypt/mesopotamia.htm
https://www.ancient.eu/Mesopotamia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Mesopotamia#Urban_planning

PLAN 2
(TTH 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)
ANCIENT GREECE
RESEARCH NO. 2

JESSA TAN
STUDENT

AR. RIALINO ALISBO

INSTRUCTOR