Greek Culture: The Period Of Dark Ages

There were many major developments of the early Greek culture. The Greek Culture was the culture that showed the spirit of Western society. The Greeks had a strong devotion to freedom and the belief of human achievement. The most important creation in the universe to them was humanity. The period of Dark Ages occurred from 1150 to 800 B.C.E. There were no written records to be found, and so the culture had turned to simpler forms. On the Aegean island/sea are where some decorated pottery and crafted metal objects began to appear. Everything that we know today about the Dark Ages, has came from inferences drawn from the Iliad and the Odyssey. A big thanks should be given to Homer because he wrote those poems. Agriculture and herding were the basic labor of free men. There were skilled craftsmen who were wagon makers and swordsmiths, who created the developments of wagons and swords. The Greeks had developed a system of assigning different functions to different Gods. Many Gods and Goddess had came into play because the Greek religion believed that different Gods ruled over different natural phenomena, which could help people deal with those phenomena. Zeus was the God that ruled the skies and gathered the storms. If one wanted it to rain,
Also, the Sparta and Athens were similar because during the second Persian War, the two worked together to defeat a common enemy. The Sparta and Athens were different because the Sparta were ruled by two kings, until they either died or were forced out of office. On the other hand, Athens were ruled by archons who were normally elected annually.

The Persian Wars took place from 490 BC to 489 BC. The Persians had attacked Greece under their leader, Xerxes the Great. The Peloponnesian War took place from 431 BC to 404 BC. It was a fight between the Spartans and the Athens, which led to the Spartans defeating the