Greek Reporter

The Rejection of Monarchy in Greek Culture: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times

There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...
Yahoo

How ideas from ancient Greek philosophy may have driven civilization toward climate change

Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...
CounterPunch

The Bronze Age Origins of Greek Civilization

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...

Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate ...
CounterPunch

Greek Traditions – Backbone of Civilization

All traditions are human inventions that last briefly or, sometimes, forever. Some of those innovations are extremely useful, and last, others vanish, only to be replaced by better alternatives. We ...
The American Conservative

When Greece Was Rich—and Why

Did political decentralization foster classical civilization? That is one of the central claims of this fascinating new work of analytical history by the Stanford political scientist and classicist ...
Greek Reporter

Why Did the Etruscan Civilization Disappear?

How did the Etruscans, powerful neighbors of Rome, disappear from history? Were they destroyed, or culturally absorbed?
Twinfinite

Civilization VI to Have Multiple Leaders Per Civ, Gorgo Revealed for Greece

While we’ve already had a First Look trailer for the Greek civilization in Civilization VI, 2K Games has released another one, this time showing off a second Greek leader: Queen Gorgo of Sparta. The ...