Overview of the Geography of Greece in an historical context.

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Overview of the Geography of Greece in an historical context

GREEK CIVILIZATION: GENERAL CHRONOLOGY B.C. THE BRONZE AGE B.C. THE DARK AGES B.C. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD B.C. THE CLASSICAL AGE B.C. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 31 B.C.- A.D. 565 THE ROMAN PERIOD THE BYZANTINE PERIOD THE TURKISH OCCUPATION 1829-present MODERN GREECE

Bronze Age ( B.C.) CRETE TROYMYCENAE CYCLADES THERA KNOSSOS

Cyclades ( B.C.) CYCLADES AMORGOS DELOS PAROS NAXOS THERA KERNOS “FRYING PAN”

Minoan ( B.C.) CRETE KNOSSOS

Minoan ( B.C.) CRETE KNOSSOS

Thera (eruption: c.1500 B.C.) THERA MINYAN

Mycenaean ( B.C.) MYCENAE MYCENAE PYLOS TIRYNS

Mycenae

Mycenaean ( B.C.) MYCENAE MYCENAE PYLOS TIRYNS

Troy (1184 B.C.) TROY

Dark Age ( B.C.) OLYMPIA

Archaic Period ( B.C.) Age of Colonization Age of Colonization LESBOS CORINTH ATHENS SPARTA PELOPONESSUS

Classical Age ( B.C.) PERSIA ATHENS

Hellenistic Age ( B.C.) ANTIOCH MACEDONIA PERGAMON CYRENE ALEXANDRIA

Roman Period (31 B.C.- A.D. 565) BYZANTIUM = CONSTANTINOPLE EPHESUS