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by
James Lloyd
published on 08 August 2012
published on 08 August 2012
The Greek Archaic Period (c. 800- 479 BCE) started from what can only be termed uncertainty, and ended with the Persians being ejected from Greece for good after the battles of Plataea and Mykale in 479 BCE. The Archaic Period is preceded by the Greek Dark Age (c.1200- 800 BCE), a period about which little is known for sure, and followed by the Classical... [continue reading]
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Joshua J. Mark
published on 02 September 2009
published on 02 September 2009
'The Hellenic World' is a term which refers to that period of ancient Greek history between 507 BCE (the date of the first democracy in Athens) and 323 BCE (the death of Alexander the Great). This period is also referred to as the age of Classical Greece and should not be confused with The Hellenistic World which designates the period between... [continue reading]
by
Jan van der Crabben
published on 15 July 2010
published on 15 July 2010
The Migration Period, also called the Barbarian Invasions or German: Völkerwanderung (wandering of the peoples), was a period of human migration that occurred roughly between 300 to 700 CE in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. These movements were catalyzed by profound changes within both the Roman Empire... [continue reading]
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Everett Millman
published on 27 March 2015
published on 27 March 2015
The Lydian Stater was the official coin of the Lydian Empire, introduced before the kingdom fell to the Persian Empire. The earliest staters are believed to date to around the second half of the 7th century BCE, during the reign of King Alyattes (r. 619-560 BCE). According to a consensus of numismatic historians, the Lydian stater was the first coin officially... [continue reading]
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Benjamin T. Laie
published on 23 December 2015
published on 23 December 2015
The Iron Age in the traditional Ancient Near Eastern chronology ranges from somewhere around 1200 BCE to 333 BCE. It begins from the era when it was first thought iron came to be used up to the ascendency of Alexander the Great as the major power of the Ancient Near East. The Iron Age is categorized as the second age following the Bronze Age under the Ancient... [continue reading]
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William Brown
published on 26 April 2016
published on 26 April 2016
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha are the non-canonical writings of Judaism and Christianity ranging from the 5th century BCE to the 9th century CE. Pseudepigrapha comes from a Greek noun denoting writings with a false superscription or name; however, in modern dialogue surrounding early Christianity and Judaism, it has come to denote non-canonical writings... [continue reading]
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