Rise & Fall of Ancient Greece

In this episode: we'll go through the rise and fall of ancient greek civilization. Through most of its history, Greece was poor. In the classical era, though, Greece was incredibly populated and very urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years.

[History.Simplified]

What section of this video was your favorite?

[pipebomber]

The romans conquered the greeks militarily
The greeks meanwhile conquered the romans culturally and linguistically

[AManfromVenus]

As a Greek, it pains me every time I hear the pronunciation of Greek names, but other than that, it's a pretty accurate video

[archaeaoris]

You make the assumption that the ancient Greek history end at 323 BC, completely ignoring the Hellenistic period which is one of the most important and influential periods in human history. In my humble opinion, even more than the Classical period.

[SimplyAce]

Thanks man! This really helped in my History project and I'm sure I'll get full marks because of you.

[anastasiamavridi]

Where is the Alexandrian/ Hellenistic period; It is a part of the Greek great civilazation too.

[gkspain]

Enjoyed this video, some pronunciation questions, all the best, Garry

[JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

MODERN GREEKS REALLY DO HAVE MYTHICAL ORIGINS.
Ever since the days of Homer, Greeks have long idealized their Mycenaean "ancestors" in epic poems and classic tragedies that glorify the exploits of Odysseus, King Agamemnon, and other heroes who went in and out of favor with the Greek gods. Although these Mycenaeans were mythical, scholars have debated whether today's Greeks descend from the actual Mycenaeans, who created a famous civilization that dominated mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea from about 1600 B.C.E. to 1200 B.C.E., or whether the ancient Mycenaeans simply vanished from the region.
Now, ancient DNA reveals that living Greeks are indeed the descendants of Mycenaeans, with only a small proportion of DNA from later migrations to Greece. And the Mycenaeans themselves were closely related to the earlier Minoans, the study reveals, another great civilization that flourished on the island of Crete from 2600 B.C.E. to 1400 B.C.E. (named for the mythical King Minos).

[avyii]

The Greek world did not fell with the end of Athenian or Lacedaemonian hegemony over the rest of Greeks.
The way you present it now gives the false impression that Macedon and Alexander's deeds where not a continuation of the Ancient Greek world. It is historically proven that it was. The period which followed the death of Alexander III of the Argead Dynasty, is considered as the peak of Ancient Greek civilisation (hence the name Hellenistic period).

The majority of the Hellenic( aka Greek) world was conquered by Rome eventually. That can be a possible time of the fall of Ancient Greece. The Greek civilisation however, survived and in fact kept thriving inside the Roman empire. The cultural fall of ancient Greece (or drastic transformation, depending on the point of view) came with the adoption of Christianity.

[JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

In 330 BC Greece unified and changed from a loose confederation of Hellenic city states to unified Imperial Greece with Macedon as the leading Greek state.

[jamesaron]

There's some inaccuracies in this video but will let it pass given the sheer difficulty in condensing a 4000+-year history in 12 short minutes.

[JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

Our conviction is strengthened that the Macedonians were a Greek race and akin to the Dorians, Having stayed behind in the far north they were unable to participated in the progressive civilisation of the tribes which were further south" [Ulrich Wilcken 'Alexander the Great', p 22]

[steffithemad]

Would like to see videos on the Greek ancestors, the Myceneans and the Minoans.

[giannisgiannis]

--After the victory battles against Iranians(Persians) we were killing each other(athenians vs spartans) and later Romans defeated us.
.--On byzantine wars, we were fighting each other and for this on 1453 we took defeat from Ottomans.
--on the greek revolution against Turks on 1821, these years we were killing each other, before and after the wars against Turks.
--On 1946 after the battles of WW2 and nazi germans, we were killing each others (From the one side americans and british and the another side Russians) had made half greece on two armies.We were killing each other.
The problem is not that we are weak..no this.The problem is that we are so b..ards and we are killing our blood.

[caparst]

MACEDONIANS WERE GREEK TOO THEY MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH ATHENS AND THE TOHER CITY STATES TO FIGHT PERSIA ONLY SPARTA REFUSED BECAUSE OF THEIR PRIDE. GREECE DIDNT FALL BECAUSE OF MACEDONIA BUT BECAUSE OF ROME

[mindhistorychannel]

The insights provided in this ancient history documentary are invaluable. Truly a must-watch.

[johnnydviii]

You approach just a little bit of what means Greece. And the Greek civilization never fall as long as the Parthenon stands still.

[dotoxicred]

Thank you, this helped me a lot in broadening my understanding of the Greek Civilization :>.

[socratesarvanitakis]

simple words uttered by simple minds for the consumption by the simple minded. My commizerations to your history teacher.

[Live-Fitness]

Greek civilisation is the roots of modern civilisation