The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically. The scope of Greek habitation and rule has varied throughout the ages and as a result, the history of Greece is similarly elastic in what it includes. Generally, the history of Greece is divided into the following periods:
Paleolithic Greece, starting 3.3 million years ago and ending in 20000 BC. Significant geomorphological and climatic changes occurred in the modern Greek area which were definitive for the development of fauna and flora and the survival of Homo sapiens in the region.
Mesolithic Greece, starting in 13000 BC and ending around 7000 BC, was a period of long and slow development of primitive human "proto-communities".
Neolithic Greece, beginning with the establishment of agricultural societies around 7000 BC and ending 3200-3100 BC, was a vital part of the early history of Greece because it was the base for early Bronze Age civilizations in the area. The first organized communities developed and basic art became more advanced in Neolithic Greece.
Bronze Age Greece (3200-1100 BC) began with the transition to a metal-based economy during the Early Helladic period of mainland Greece (3200-2000 BC). Meanwhile, Cycladic culture prospered in the Cyclades (3200-1050 BC) and Minoan civilization around Crete (3500-1100 BC). The Bronze Age ended with the rise and fall of the Mycenaean Greek palace culture (1750-1050 BC) in the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Ancient Greece usually encompasses Greek antiquity, as well as part of the region's late prehistory (Late Bronze Age). It lasted from 1200 BC-600 AD and can be subdivided into the following periods:
Greek Dark Ages (or Iron Age, Homeric Age), 1100–800 BC
Archaic period, 800–490 BC
Classical period, 490–323 BC
Hellenistic period, 323–146 BC
Roman Greece, covering the period of the Roman conquest of Greece from 146 BC – 324 AD
Byzantine Greece covers the period of Greece under the Byzantine Empire, lasting from the establishment of Constantinople as the capital city of Byzantium in 324 AD until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.
Le cours explore les mythes et les textes fondateurs des cultures antiques (Monde biblique, Grèce, Rome, Egypte). Explorant leurs significations, leurs réceptions, il s'agit de dérouler une histoire d
Le cours explore, sous la forme de projets, les textes fondateurs des cultures antiques (Monde biblique, Grèce, Rome, Egypte). En discutant leurs significations, leur réception, il déroule une histoir
Le cours explore les mythes et les textes fondateurs des cultures antiques (Monde biblique, Grèce, Rome, Egypte). Explorant leurs significations, leurs réceptions, il s'agit de dérouler une histoire d
The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day. FrankokratiaOttoman GreeceModern Greek Enlightenment and Greek War of Independence The Byzantine Empire had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world since late Antiquity, but experienced a decline as a result of Muslim Arab and Seljuk Turkish invasions and was fatally weakened by the sacking of Constantinople by the Latin Crusaders in 1204.
Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization. During the early Middle Ages, the city experienced a decline, then recovered under the later Byzantine Empire and was relatively prosperous during the period of the Crusades (12th and 13th centuries), benefiting from Italian trade.
Human habitation of Cyprus dates back to the Paleolithic era. Cyprus's geographic position has caused Cyprus to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia. Periods of Cyprus's history from 1050 BC have been named according to styles of pottery found as follows: Cypro-Geometric I: 1050-950 BC Cypro-Geometric II: 950-850 BC Cypro-Geometric III: 850-700 BC Cypro-Archaic I: 700-600 BC Cypro-Archaic II: 600-475 BC Cypro-Classical I: 475-400 BC Cypro-Classical II: 400-323 BC Prehistoric Cyprus Cyprus was settled by humans in the Paleolithic period (known as the Stone Age) who coexisted with various dwarf animal species, such as dwarf elephants (Elephas cypriotes) and pygmy hippos (Hippopotamus minor) well into the Holocene.
Delves into the evolution of urban organisms, the impact of central nervous system-like structures on social organization, and the ecological consequences of ancient civilizations.
The study of insular populations was key in the development of evolutionary theory. The successful colonisation of an island depends on the geographic context, and specific characteristics of the organism and the island, but also on stochastic processes. A ...
2022
, , ,
Ilarion Dam is a 130 m high earthfill dam at Aliakmon River in northern Greece. The dam was commissioned in 2010. It has two spillway tunnels with ski jumps at the outlets. The two spillways are designed to release a total discharge of 5'500 m3/s during th ...
2022
The 130 m high Ilarion Dam is built on the Aliakmon River in northern Greece. The dam has two spillways with ski jumps at their ends and a plunge pool to cushion the impact of the jets. This pool has suered signicant scouring during several oods in recent ...