HISTORY TIMELINE MAPS ARCHITECTURE ART MUSEUMS ARCHAEOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHS HISTORY OF THE ACROPOLIS GEOGRAPHY ROCK LATE CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE RIDGE CUTS ATTICA PLATEAU THE NORTHEAST THE SOUTHWEST AXIS PHILOPAPPOS THE HILL THE NYMPHS THE ROCK RISES THE BASIN METERS FLAT TOP 300 METERS 150 METERS LANDFILLS CONSTRUCTION OF FORTIFICATIONS TEMPLES MYCENAEAN ERA WATER SPRINGS STEEP PRIME LOCATION HABITATION WORSHIP NEOLITHIC PREHISTORIC ERA AREA UPPER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 10000 BCE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS CAVES SPRING NEOLITHIC PERIOD MYCENAEAN PERIOD THE CHRONICLE THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS THE PLANE TIMES TOWNS DEVELOPED FORTIFIED CITADEL THE KING ACROPOLIS GREEK MEANS HIGHEST POINT VIRTUALLY MYCENAE ATHENIAN SYNONYMOUS THE WORD THE MINDS PEOPLE THE LAST MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION INHABITANTS WE CAN TRACE KINGS MASSIVE TALL PALACES 14TH CENTURY BCE LITTLE REMAINS BUILDINGS OBVIOUS EVIDENCE VISIBLE RIGHT BEHIND TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE PROPYLAIA CYCLOPEAN WALL PALACE THE NORTH ARCHAIC TEMPLE OF ATHENA EAST THE SUMMIT BESIDES FORT ROYAL RESIDENCE PLACE OF WORSHIP GODDESS FERTILITY COMPANION MALE GOD ERECHTHEUS JUST LIKE UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLY DEEP THE DEFENDERS CITY OF ATHENS ATHENS THRIVING EXISTENCE THE CENTER ALLIANCE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE ADJACENT KING THESEUS UNITED ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY SYNOIKISMOS APPEARS INSTRUMENTAL SURVIVAL CENTERS 1200 BCE HORDES MAINLAND GREECE POSSIBLE INVASION TRIBES REFER TO THE DORIC MIGHTY THE ONLY HEROIC PERSONAL SACRIFICE RULED GROUP THE ARISTOCRATS FUNCTIONS AWAY PARTS THE AGORA NEVER REALITIES ADMINISTRATION ATHENIANS WANTED REFERENCES LEGENDS RELATED PAGES HISTORY OF GREECE TIMELINE HISTORY GREECE OVERVIEW STONE AGE BRONZE AGE DARK AGES CLASSICAL HELLENISTIC PERIODS AGORA OF ATHENS DELPHI DODONA MINOAN CRETE OLYMPIA OLYMPIC GAMES GREEK MYTHOLOGY EXPLORE INSCRIPTION SEARCH SITE INDEX CONTACT BIBLIOGRAPHY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED