... built up of many different societies and communities, each having their own pressures, values and attitudes. They progressed and regressed at different times and at various rates. When comparing the Archaic period to two other ages that we know comparatively little about and which were themselves two very different ages produces another problem. The Dark Age was not completely backwards in terms of culture but the little evidence we have, means it is very difficult to pronounce what changes Greece underwent. Generalisations are also perhaps necessary, when using certain controversial terms and words. 'Aristocrat', 'city-state' and 'colonisation' are terms of convenience rather than of intended historical accuracy, such terms will be used in this essay. There was a dramatic population rise in the Dark and Archaic ages of Greece and this led to a repopulation of large numbers of Greeks, in what can be called colonisation. Due to this mass movement, about ...

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