Part 2: The Early Greeks
During the centuries around 1000 BC the Greeks lived in small, tribal societies. It was during this period that the foudations were being laid for that characteristic Greek social entity, the Polis ... [ more ]

Part 3: Expansion and Change
From around 800 BC Greek society began to be transformed in different ways ... [ more ]

Part 4: The Revolution in Art and Ideas
Hand in hand with the social and polticial transformation of the Greek world came a cultural revolution which was to have the most profound implications for the future of western civilization ... [ more ]

Part 5: Athens and Sparta
By 500 BC two states stood head and shoulders above the other Greek city-states in their prestige and influence. These were Athens and Sparta ... [ more ]

Part 6: The Persian Wars
In the years leading up to 500 BC, storm clouds had been gathering which threatened the entire Greek world ... [ more ]

Part 7: Athens - The Golden Age
Athens emerged from the Persian War of 480-79 with her prestige immensely enhanced ... [ more ]

Part 8: The Pelopponesian Wars
The tensions between Athens and Sparta dragged the whole of Greece into a long, brutal war ... [ more ]