The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns ... That development came later in the 6th century BC, when the tyrant Pisistratus, who then ruled the city, established ...

Solon was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece and dominated Athenian politics for several decades, becoming the city's chief magistrate in the early years of the 6th century BC (594-3 BC).

The sun in Greece can get intense ... Peisistratus destroyed them in the 6th century BC. Athens’s best-known philosopher, Socrates, would frequently visit the Agora Of Ancient Athens.

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

Greece is a country that has enticed ... consider a visit to the Ancient Agora. Built in the 6th century BC and once the epicenter of Athens, it was used as a marketplace and a place for political ...