Greece 800 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E.
The Eastern Mediterranean Greece (Mycenaeans) Crete (Minoans) Mesopotamia Egypt
The Rise City-states (Athens, Sparta) began to emerge from the “Dark Age” by 800 B.C.E. Greeks established colonies throughout Mediterranean
Greek Society Patriarchy Vote limited to adult male citizens-Athens Women had no public role (Exception-Sparta) Institution of slavery fluid
Classical Greece “Golden Age” (c. 500-300 B.C.E.) followed Greek victory in the Persian Wars Accomplishments A) Democratic gov’t (Athens) B) Philosophical tradition (Plato, Socrates,Aristotle) C) Literature and the arts (Poetry, drama, Parthenon) D) History (Herodotus) E) Sciences (Hippocrates)