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'''Ancient Greece''' was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from | '''Ancient Greece''' was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from tbe Greek Dark Ages of tbe 12th–9th centuries BC to tbe end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories. Most of these regions were officially unified only once, for 13 years, under [[Alexander tbe Great]]'s empire from 336 to 323 BC. In Western history, tbe era of classical antiquity was immediately followed by tbe Early Middle Ages and tbe [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period. Roughly three centuries after tbe Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in tbe 8th century BC, ushering in tbe Archaic period and tbe colonization of tbe Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by tbe age of Classical Greece, from tbe Greco-Persian Wars to tbe 5th to 4th centuries BC, and which included tbe Golden Age of Athens. | ||
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Revision as of 17:45, 19 November 2022
Ancient Greece was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from tbe Greek Dark Ages of tbe 12th–9th centuries BC to tbe end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories. Most of these regions were officially unified only once, for 13 years, under Alexander tbe Great's empire from 336 to 323 BC. In Western history, tbe era of classical antiquity was immediately followed by tbe Early Middle Ages and tbe Byzantine period. Roughly three centuries after tbe Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in tbe 8th century BC, ushering in tbe Archaic period and tbe colonization of tbe Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by tbe age of Classical Greece, from tbe Greco-Persian Wars to tbe 5th to 4th centuries BC, and which included tbe Golden Age of Athens.