Citizenship, political debate, pure mathematics, social sciences, tragedy, comedy, professional sport, medical ethics, all these discoveries of ancient Greece remain in many aspects of our contemporary civilization.
The Greek history knows four periods:
The Mycenaean time of 1500 to 800 before J. - C.
Indo-European tribes, the Ionian ones and the Achaens invest little by little Greece, the first cities organize goshawks of palates strengthened like Mycènes. It is at the beginning of the XIII E century that the Greeks place the Trojan War traditionally, that Homère will make legendary.
The antiquated time from 800 to 500 before J. - C.
It is at that time that the cities of Sparte and Athens develop. The Greek influence extends on the northern circumference from the Mediterranean basin. The antiquated time is that of the creation of the Greek alphabet, the Olympic Games and the sanctuary of Delphes.
The traditional time from 500 to 350 before J. - C.
It covers the apogee of Athens in the military, political and cultural plan. Cité plays a determining role at the time of the Médiques wars against Persians. The century of Périclès is that of the apogee of the traditional culture: the great tragedies, the theater of Aristophane, Plato, Thucydide and the Parthenon go back to this time.
The Hellenistic time from 350 to 27 before J. - C
It is marked by the print of Alexandre the Large one. Through its empire, it diffuses the Hellenistic culture as far as Asia. The commercial exchanges multiply between the Mediterranean and the ancient world. It is as at that time as Rome goes up in power.