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The
Greek Dark Ages
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Still, we know a great deal about the ancient Greeks during the 400 years that Greece was in a dark age. That's because the ancient Greeks loved to tell stories. Traveling Greek storytellers told the same stories over and over, all over Greece. They told three kinds of
stories - fables, legends, and myths.
Before the dark ages, there were many different tribes of early people living on the Greek peninsula. They did not have a common language or a common history. They used stone tools and weapons. During the 400 years of the Greek dark ages, thanks to the traveling storytellers, the Greeks developed a common spoken language, a common written language, and a common history composed of fables, legends, and myths. The Mycenaeans, Dorians, Ionians, Greeks, and other tribes who lived in scattered villages throughout the Greek peninsula gradually became one people. After the dark ages, things began to get lively!
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Counter start date January 2006