Tracy Wells

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The Athenian Agora and Roman Forum: The Beating Hearts of the Ancient World’s Most Famous Cities

The Athenian Agora and Roman Forum: The Beating Hearts of the Ancient World’s Most Famous Cities

The center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and in all Greek city states, the agora was central to all aspects of daily life and commerce....

The Greek Dark Ages and Greek Renaissance: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age Transition to Archaic Greece

The Greek Dark Ages and Greek Renaissance: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age Transition to Archaic Greece

The Greek Dark Ages, sometimes referred to as the Homeric Age or the Geometric Period, spans the era of Greek history from the end of the Mycenaean civilization around 1100 BCE and the emergence of the Greek poleis in the 9th century BCE. It is an era...

The Rise of Classical Greece: The History of the People and Events that Brought Ancient Greece to the Peak of Its Power

The Rise of Classical Greece: The History of the People and Events that Brought Ancient Greece to the Peak of Its Power

When people think of ancient Greece, images of philosophers such as Plato or Socrates often come to mind, as do great warriors like Pericles and Alexander the Great, but hundreds of years before Athens became a city, a Greek culture flourished and...