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ancient Greece

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  • period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 bce, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 bce
  • period between the catastrophic end of the Mycenaean civilization and about 900 bce is often called a Dark Age
  • first “date” in Greek history is 776 bce, the year of the first Olympic Games
  • world of the colonizing states was aristocratic in the sense that a small number of exclusive clans within cities monopolized citizenship and political control.

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