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==History== | |||
Effective family research requires some understanding of the historical events that may have affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends may help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. These events may have led to the creation of records such as land and military documents that mention your family. | Effective family research requires some understanding of the historical events that may have affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends may help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. These events may have led to the creation of records such as land and military documents that mention your family. | ||
The eastern Mediterranean is called one of the cradles of civilization. From 3000–2000 B.C. a Minoan civilization flourished on the island of Crete. From 1400–1100 B.C. the Myceans established kingdoms in Peloponnesus. Following that was a period of strong city-states. A fusion of the Greek and Persian cultures under Alexander the Great created the Hellenistic civilization. Some subsequent key dates and events in the history of Greece are as follows: | The eastern Mediterranean is called one of the cradles of civilization. From 3000–2000 B.C. a Minoan civilization flourished on the island of Crete. From 1400–1100 B.C. the Myceans established kingdoms in Peloponnesus. Following that was a period of strong city-states. A fusion of the Greek and Persian cultures under Alexander the Great created the Hellenistic civilization. Some subsequent key dates and events in the history of Greece are as follows: | ||
==Timeline== | |||
'''B.C. 146:''' Rome conquered Greece | '''B.C. 146:''' Rome conquered Greece | ||