Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
The letter of the ancient Greeks
From 1900th to 1600th BC pictogram or the hieroglyphic writing was used. Linear A has been used since 1700th to 1400th, and Linear B...
Ancient Greece
The oldest cities (poleis) of the ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks have never formed a common state in which all could join together. Their favorite form of government was the polis (city-state)....
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Colonization
Greeks have moved from their home land at different times and established settlements. Most of Greek settlements were established in the 8th, 7th and...
Ancient Greece
Spartan Society
Southeastern branch of Peloponnese ending with peninsulas of Malea and Tainaron was the ancient Laconia. Its most productive part was the valley between the...
Ancient Greece
Spartan system of government
According to the legend, from period of the king Lycurgus all existing Spartan laws were grounded. Lycurgus had conceived also political institutions, established after...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Athens – early politics and government
Attica peninsula, which raised steeply from the Aegean Sea, in the far eastern branch of central Greece. Attica had a field, which provided a...
Ancient Greece
Draco and Solon era in Athens (621-593. B.C)
DRACO- Athenians entrusted Thesmothet Draco in 621 BC to write laws. Dracon was the oldest legislator of Athens. Before Dracon law, trials in Athens,...