WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ancient Greek civilization flourished from the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 BCE, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BCE. By that time, Greek cultural influence had spread around the Mediterranean and, through Alexander the Great’s campaign of conquest, as far afield as India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Traditionally, the Ancient Greek period was taken to begin with the date of the first recorded Olympic Games in 776 BC, but many historians now extend the term back to about 1000 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient Greek civilization began to develop at the end of Greek Dark Ages around 900 BCE, and lasted until 600 CE Over this 1, 500-year period there were many social, economic, political, and cultural changes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bronze Age Greek society collapsed sometime around 1200 BCE for reasons that are still unclear to historians. However, despite the collapse, the Greeks lived on. Cultural aspects of the civilization suffered, as literacy was all but lost and pottery regressed back to earlier, more primitive styles.

Detailed explanation-5: -1200 B.C. The Trojan War, civil war, and the fall of the Mycenean. 1150 B.C. Dorian Immigration into Greece mainland. 1150-1100 B.C. Aeolian Immigrations begin to Asia Minor. 1100 B.C. End of Mycenean age and civilization.

Detailed explanation-6: -When Was the Iron Age? The Iron Age began around 1200 B.C. in the Mediterranean region and Near East with the collapse of several prominent Bronze Age civilizations, including the Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Hittite Empire in Turkey.