WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By about 500 B.C. the Greek city states had lost their kings (with the exception of Sparta) and had embraced a new form of government through councils of citizens. Almost immediately, however, these states were confronted by an invasion of the Persian Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -The decades that followed became known as the Golden Age of Athenian democracy, during which time Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece, with its cultural achievements laying the foundations for Western civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from circa 800 BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period.

Detailed explanation-4: -Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained an estimated population of about 200, 000 people in the year 500 BC.

Detailed explanation-5: -What were some major achievements in Greece between 500 & 300 BC? The Golden Age, a period in a society’s history marked by great achievements. In the period after the Persian invasion, the people of Greece made amazing advances in art, writing, and thinking. The Parthenon was created.