Question

What’s the origins of Greece?

Answer 1

Origin of Greece:

The Birth of the City:

During the Archaic Period, also called as Greek Dark Ages, people started to live in small villages to do farming. They built walls, marketplaces which eventually led to committees. They also developed governments and formed their own set of laws. To collect taxes, they formed armies.  

Colonization:

This city-states source of wealth was land. The population kept multiplying so men had to be sent away from their homes and were getting settled around Greece and Aegean. During 750 BC to 600 BC the Greek colonies were spread from Mediterranean to Asia Minor and there were 1500 colonial poleis.

Rise of the Tyrants:

As the population grew, the city-states started producing consumer goods like pottery, cloth, wine and other such things. Trade became wealthy in these regions. The leaders in charge were called the tyrants. The political reforms of Greece were called the Ancient Greek Democracy also known as “Demokratia” or “rule by the people”.

The economic, political and technological developments in Greece gave some monumental changes for the next few centuries.