During the Lyric Age (800-500B.C.), the Greeks expanded geographically, artistically, and politically. With the revival of literacy, there was a literary flowering where poets began to break away from the heroic tradition and write about their own lives. During this time, Sparta and Athens rose to p...

The Persian Wars A long time ago Croesus the king of Lydia took over the Greek colonies on the east coast of Asia Minor (Turkey). Croesus was a kind and fair ruler so the Greeks did not really mind. But around 546 BC King Croesus and his empire was overthrown by Cyrus th...

The country of Greece, in 400-500 BCE was led to greatness by two city-states. These city-states, diverse in ideas and actions, were Sparta and Athens. Sparta and Athens were as different as night and day. Sparta glorified military tactics while Athens took relish in art and learning. These city...

The Ancient Greeks became the first civilized people in a place where frankly early civilization just shouldn't have taken place. The Mycenaeans arrived in modern Greece around 200 B.C. There they found a dry, hot, and harsh mountainous terrain muck like the conditions found today in Arizona. By 70...