Greece

Greece is one of the oldest nations in history. It started out small, but grew to one of the famous countries of ancient Europe.

Minoans
Farming reached Greece through Anatolia around 3000 BCE. In the 1900s, explorers on Crete found four palaces. Archaeologists believe that these were the capitals of early Greek civilizations. They also found evidence a war broke out between them. The kingdoms were united. However, in 1628 BCE, a volcanic eruption on the nearby island of Thera exploded the island, and created a tsunami that destroyed the coastal settlements. Then, the city-state of Mycenae conquered the island.