Spread and Decline of the Ancient Greek civilization

• Spread and decline of the Ancient Greek civilization

  • The rapid development of city-states brought Ancient Greece to its golden age: the Classical age (5th-4th BC)
  • Athens was the centre of trade, learning and art on the peninsula
• Ancient Greek colonies 


  -> the Greeks expanded their territory

  -> set up colonies along the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
• Alexander the Great

  • The Macedonian king Alexander the Great further built a large empire that covered Asia, Africa and Europe
  • He spread the Ancient Greek civilization to the places he conquered
  • Historians called him Alexander the Great to show his great achievements
• End of ancient Greek

  • In 132BC, Alexander the Great died and his empire was then divided
  • Most of the territories of the former empire were ruled by Greeks
  • During the Hellenistic Age, the Ancient Greek civilization still influenced the Mediterranean region, West and Central Asia
  • From 3rd century BC, the ancient Romans became strong and started invading Ancient Greece. They finally occupied the Greek peninsula (conquered many territories that belonged to Ancient Greece) in 146 BC
  • The peninsula was then mainly influenced by the ancient Roman civilization. The Ancient Greek civilization declined