CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Persians conquered Greece and ruled with absolute power.
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trade and farming failed, and many stopped reading and writing.
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there were natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, plagues, and famines.
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the Greek city-states fought one another so much that the economy failed completely.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This period is called the Dark Age because the palaces that ruled the Mycenaean age collapsed, and with them fell civilization in mainland Greece. Writing, fine art, massive architecture, trade, and luxury goods disappear from mainland Greece.
Detailed explanation-2: -During this period of time significant advances were made in a number of fields including government, art, philosophy, drama and literature. Some of the Greek names most familiar to us lived in this exciting and productive time.
Detailed explanation-3: -800 BCE. The Dark Age era begins with a catastrophic event: the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, when all major Mycenaean regional centres fell out of use after suffering a combination of destruction and abandonment.