How did ancient Greek communities transition from the dark ages

>>1944243
Homer =/= Cultural Renaissance

Greek culture only existed from the 5th century.

>>1944246
There was a huge shift in culture, and politics in the 8th century which I'd imagine would be a Greek renaissance if you consider how bad the Dark ages were. Ancient Greek culture began in the Archaic time, and overall Greek culture can be argued began way back with the Mycenaeans considering they were the first to speak Greek.

something something Byzantines

>>1944306
?

>>1944306
>Eastern
>Roman
>Empire

>>1944243
Phoenicia traders gave them the alphabet and other knowledge and Anatoliian kingdoms too, during the same time you see a lot of communities and civilizations arising such as the Etruscans, Southern Europe experience urbanization in Central Italy, Sardinia and Iberia and so does North Africa thanks to the Phoenicians

>>1944306
Byantium didn't even exist

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>>1944730
>Implying the remainders of an empire after it's capital falls isn't still the same empire

>>1945007
Did Phoenicia have lower literacy rates or did we just have less writing from them survive than the greeks?

>>1946888
I think we have plenty of Phoenician writing; just far more cargo manifests and almanacs and shit than epic poems and culture-myths.

Mass literacy.