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Hellas: 12th/9th Century BC - C. 600 AD

Ancient Greece was a civilization that spanned from approximately the 12th to 9th centuries BC to the 6th century AD. It began developing city-states in the 8th century BC and entered a period of classical antiquity following the Greco-Persian Wars in the 5th century BC. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic influence throughout Asia and the Mediterranean. Roman conquest of the eastern Mediterranean in later centuries incorporated Greek culture into the Roman Empire, profoundly influencing Western civilization.

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Hellas: 12th/9th Century BC - C. 600 AD

Ancient Greece was a civilization that spanned from approximately the 12th to 9th centuries BC to the 6th century AD. It began developing city-states in the 8th century BC and entered a period of classical antiquity following the Greco-Persian Wars in the 5th century BC. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic influence throughout Asia and the Mediterranean. Roman conquest of the eastern Mediterranean in later centuries incorporated Greek culture into the Roman Empire, profoundly influencing Western civilization.

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Hellas

Ἑλλάς

12th/9th century BC–c. 600 AD

The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on


the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the
culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks.

Political geography of ancient Greece in the Archaic and Classical


periods.

Religion Ancient Greek


religion

Hegemon, StrategosAutokrator of Hellenic


League
• 338 BC/337 BC Philip II

• 336 BC Alexander III,


the Great

Historical era Greek Dark


Ages - Classical
antiquity

• Established 12th/9th century


BC

• Disestablished c. 600 AD

Currency See Ancient


Greek coinage

ISO 3166 code GR

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Ancient Greece (Greek: Ἑλλάς, translit. Hellás) was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek
historyfrom the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (c. AD 600).
Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and
the Byzantine era.[1] Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean
Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC, ushering in the Archaic
period and colonization of the Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by the period of Classical
Greece, an era that began with the Greco-Persian Wars, lasting from the 5th to 4th centuries BC.
Due to the conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished
from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. The Hellenistic period came to an
end with the conquests and annexations of the eastern Mediterranean world by the Roman
Republic, which established the Roman province of Macedonia in Roman Greece, and later the
province of Achaeaduring the Roman Empire.
Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on ancient Rome, which
carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean Basin and Europe. For this reason,
Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of
modern Western culture and is considered the cradle of Western civilization.[2][3][4]

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