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Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C)

In 431 BC began the war between Athens and the Peloponnesian League cities. On the side of Athens were fighting members of Delian-Attic Alliance...

Spartan hegemony (404-371 B.C) after the Peloponnesian War

After the spartan king Lysander defeated Athenian fleet at the naval Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, the Athens finally lost the Peloponnesian War. Sparta became...

Theban hegemony over Greece (371-362 BC)

In Boeotia (region of the central Greece in ancient times known as a large crop area), dozen city-states were established. The most oldest and...

Ancient Greek religion

The ancient Greeks were much indulged in dark theological thinking. They loved more a myth and performed a cult. They had no a special...

Ancient Greek games

Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece, the Peloponnese, in the Olympia, as a series of athletic competitions (in the beginning; of the art in...

Short about ancient Greek poetry, drama and philosophy

POETRY Epic - best known as Homer's epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They belong to the Trojan cycle, which was also composed of: Cypria,...

Kingdom of Kush and their relations with the Egyptians

Kingdom of Kush was the second African civilization after Egypt built by an Egypt people who lived between the Nile River's first and third...

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