ANCIENT GREEK HISTORYVersion en ligne Learn about the main periods of Greed civilization. par Aguasantas Cano 1 THE ARCHAIC PERIOD 2 CLASSICAL PERIOD 3 HELLENISTIC PERIOD City states are ruled by a basileus (king) Some people emigrate and stablish Greek colonies Persian Wars Peloponnesian War Athens and Sparta are the most powerful cities Pericles is the most important leader of Athens. He builds the Parthenon Alexander the Great conquers Greece and the Middle East The spreading of Greek culture and its fusion with Oriental culture is known as Hellenism After Alexander dies, his empire is divided into the Hellenistic kingdoms Rome gradually conquers the Hellenistic kingdoms, ending with Egypt ñin 30 BC