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Archaic Greece

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Archaic Greek in a modern world

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Tiny Timelines: Archaic Greece

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Ancient Greece | Educational Videos for Kids

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What was the Archaic period in ancient Greece??

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Moschophoros, a masterpiece of the Archaic Period [famous statues of ancient Greece - (1)]

Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from the eighth century BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period. The period began with a massive increase in the Greek population and a series of significant changes which rendered the Greek world at the end of the eighth century as entirely unrecognisable as compared to its beginning. According to Anthony Snodgrass, the Archaic period in ancient Greece was bounded by two revolutions in the Greek world. It began with a "structural revolution" which "drew the political map of the Greek world" and established the poleis, the distinctively Greek city-states, and ended with the intellectual revolution of the Classical period.