Who were the first Greeks? The first people to speak Greek were the Mycenaeans. They ruled southern Greece about 1600-1200 BC. Mycenae was their most important city. The Mycenaeans were fierce warriors, but they were also superb builders.

About 2,500 years ago, Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

Answer (1 of 6): That depends on how you define “Greeks”. You can consider the Phoenicians as a major civilization from around 1200 BC on (although the old capital of Byblos dates back even to 2500 BC). [1] Map of Phoenician colonies between 11th and 6th century BC …

21/12/2011 · Who came first the Greeks or the Mayans? It depends, but the earliest record excavated from Mayan records were in 1100 A.D. that we have excavated so far and the first Greek records were In the B ...

06/09/2017 · The Greeks often called the first inhabitants of Greece Pelasgians. The Greek writers claimed that Pelasgus, the great ancestor of the Pelasgians was the first man. The Pelasgians were a combination of diverse Black tribes which included the Achaeans , Kadmeans, and Leleges. The Garamantes were also often called Pelasgians by some classical writers.

The Greeks, led by Antichus Epiphinus, conquered the land of Israel and forced the Jews to leave their national heritage and the Torah and begin following the Greek culture. Because of the Jews hatred for all things Hellenistic, including the culture and language, Judas Maccabee lead the revolt against Antichus Epiphinus destroying the Greeks and slaughtering those Jews that had …

24/05/2021 · One of the first known actors is believed to have been an ancient Greek called Thespis of Icaria. Writing two centuries after the event, Aristotle in his Poetics (c. 335 BCE) suggests that Thespis stepped out of the dithyrambic chorus and addressed it …