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History of Greece

Separate settlements have appeared in Greece about 4500—3000 BC, and their number has a little increased only in 3000—2600 BC (especially in Thessaly). Greece was included into “bronze age” approximately in 2600, and the period till 2000 BC is known as Ancient Ellada. Aggressors from Anatolys have suppressed the ancient population, and progress in all spheres has started: trade, bronze metallurgy, potter’s production, cities began to grow. By 2000 most ancient of known in the Egejsky world culture — krito-Mycenaean BC arises. Its monuments are detected on island Crete, on a place of a city - of the state Mycenae (on peninsula Peloponnese) and on islands of Aegean sea. From this advanced culture there were architecture monuments, fresco and writing. Its creators — the most ancient indoeuropian the population of East Mediterranean —pelagsy, later partially superseded by the Protogreek tribes from which II millenia which have occupied to the middle all south of Balkan peninsula, island of Aegean sea and coast of Asia Minor were the strongest ahiec and ionens . On a place enough small settlements have appeared the strengthened palaces (Mycenae, Tirinf, Athenes), top of a public pyramid became the king, usually with the Grand Visier, the uncountable military nobility and officials (in Pilose the royal archives recently decrypted) have been detected, there were free people — handicraftsmen and peasants — considered as the people (people) more low, and at the lower step of a society — slaves. In XII century BC from the north have come occupied average and southern Greece. The subsequent epoch (XI—VIII centuries BC) conditionally is named as the homeric period as its events are described in epic poems “Illiada” and “Odyssey” which author it is considered to be the Homere. VIII—VI Centuries became BC the period of rough economic and cultural development of the Ancient Greece. Building of temples and other public buildings, a construction of the ships, development of potter’s and ceramic production stimulated trade and exchange growth between communities. Military strengthenings have turned to trading-craft centres, communities united, there were new state derivations — cities-states (policies).

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