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History of Greece

Name the people, places, and things connected with the history of Greece.
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Last updated: April 19, 2021
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Civilization existing in Crete from 3000 to 1450 BC
Minoan
Capital of the above
Knossos
First civilization in mainland Greece (1600–1100 BC)
Mycenaean
name for the people who invaded Greece (and then Egypt) abou 1000 BC
Sea People
author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"
Homer
another arachaic poet, author of the "Works and Days"
Hesiod
Greeks' opponents at the battle of Salamis
Achaemenid Empire
great war between Sparta and Athens
Peloponnesian War
"The Father of History"
Herodotus
"The Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
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"The Father of Geometry"
Euclid
student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
school of philosophy founded in Athens by the above
Lyceum
the country ruling Greece for most of the Middle Ages
Byzantine Empire
Latin Peloponnesian state existing from 1205 to 1432
Principality of Achaea
the empire ruling Greece after the fall of Constantinople (1453)
Ottoman Empire
first capital after independence (1828–1829)
Aegina
the first king of Greece, originally from Bavaria
Otto
Greece was at war with this country right after the end of WWI
Turkey
colloquial name for the period of the dictatorship (1967–1974)
Regime of the Colonels
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