Athens - A history of 8000 years

I run again into this great research of the history of my city Athens, and I thought some of you will really enjoy it.

The research was made in 2005 by the member of the SkyscraperCity forum, with the nickname GrigorisSocratis.

Apart from the history itself GrigorisSokratis gothered some really interesting scetches, maps and photographs which enrich the texts.

For anyone who wants to take a walk in the history of Athens, I think this is one of the best sources online.

Parts of this research

INTRODUCTION


PART I
PREHISTORIC ATHENS (6,000BC – 1,600 BC)
MYCENEAN ATHENS - THE ATHENS OF LEGEND (c.1,600 BC-1,100 BC)
DARK AGE ATHENS - THE CENTURIES OF OBSCURITY (1,100 BC-800 BC)
ARCHAIC ATHENS I - THE AGE OF THE TYRANTS (800 BC/750 BC -528 BC)
ARCHAIC ATHENS II - THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY (528 BC -494 BC)


PART II
CLASSICAL ATHENS I - THE PERSIAN THREAT (494 BC -478 BC)
CLASSICAL ATHENS II - THE GOLDEN AGE (478 BC - 431 BC)
CLASSICAL ATHENS III - THE GREAT PELOPONESSIAN WAR (431 BC-404 BC)
CLASSICAL ATHENS IV - THE INTELLECTUAL CENTRE (404 BC - 339 BC)
HELLENISTIC ATHENS - CULTURAL CAPITAL OF HELLENISM (339 BC - 168 BC)
ROMAN ATHENS I - ATHENS UNDER THE REPUBLIC (183 BC-BC 31)
ROMAN ATHENS II - ATHENS UNDER THE EMPIRE (31BC - AD 303)


PART III
The Last Roman Century and Medieval Athens 330 - 1000 - The first period of the Byzantine/Greek Empire
THE ATHENIAN RENAISSANCE (1000-1205)
CRUSADER ATHENS I - ATHENS UNDER THE BURGUNDIAN (1205 - 1311)
CRUSADER ATHENS II - UNDER THE CATALAN OCCUPATION (1311 - 1388)


PART IV
Athens under the Ottoman occupation I (1456 - 1689)
THE VENETIAN INTERLUDE II (1684-1689)
LATER OTTOMAN ATHENS (1689-1821)


PART V
Revolutionary Athens - The War of Independence (1821-1832)


PART VI
THE 1832-1862 PERIOD. PART 1
THE 1832-1862 PERIOD - THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY. PART 2


PART VII
THE 1862-1912 PERIOD. THE GEORGIAN ATHENS


PART VIII
BALKANS AND FIRST WORLD WARS - INTERWAR PERIOD (1912-1940)


PART IX
WORLD WAR II, GERMAN OCCUPATION AND CIVIL WAR (1940 – 1950)



PART X
THE RECONSTRUCTION YEARS (1950 – 1967)
THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE MILITARY JUNTA (1967 - 1974)



PART XI
BACK TO DEMOCRACY - THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REORGANIZATION (1974 - 1993)
ATHENS THE CAPITAL OF A NEW ECONOMIC POWER - FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF THE BALKANS (1993 - 2008)


BIBLIOGRAPHY


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