spread through the colonization of the Mediterranean coasts, resisted Persian invasion with its two most prominent representatives, cosmopolitan and democratic Athens and militaristic and oligarchic Sparta, and laid the foundation for the Hellenistic culture that followed the empire of Alexander the Great....
The History of Greeceby William Mitford Vol. 1 History of SicilyFrom the Earliest Timesby Edward A. Freeman Vol. 1 The Progress of Hellenism in Alexander's Empireby John Pentlsnd Mahaffy The Military Annals of Greeceby William L. Snyder ...
Created world’s largest empire Took only 10 years Spread Greek culture throughout known world. Alexander the Great Ruler of the World
Alexander the Great created the League of Corinth; it was the first time most of the Greek city-states managed to unite into a single political entity. Members of the League agreed never to wage war against each other and they would unite their army, und
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Two of ancient Greece’s great literary works, known as the Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are attributed to Homer, a great poet of the ancient world who was also dubbed the blind bard. Read also:The Carolingian Empire: Charlemagne’s Legacy and the Birth of Medieval Europe ...
In a later war with the Ottoman Empire, ending in 1912, Greece finally took back the northern half of Grecian territory, as well as the island of Crete. In 1922, an historic swap was completed between the two countries. Several hundred thousand citizens of each country, Muslims in Greece ...
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The ruins of Ephesus seen today are of the city rebuilt in290 BCbyLysimachus,one of Alexander's generals who divided up rule of his empire after his death. Ephesus became known as"The first and greatest metropolis of Asia."It was famous for its: ...
A proper monarchy, that of Macedonia, came to rule Greece and the Middle East through Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander, his generals soon claimed kingship themselves, as the "Successors," Διάδοχοι, the Diadochi. This did not have the same religious sanction as ...