<P> Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from the eighth century BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC , following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period . The period began with a massive increase in the Greek population and a series of significant changes which rendered the Greek world at the end of the eighth century as entirely unrecognisable as compared to its beginning . According to Anthony Snodgrass , the Archaic period in ancient Greece was bounded by two revolutions in the Greek world . It began with a `` structural revolution '' which `` drew the political map of the Greek world '' and established the poleis , the distinctively Greek city - states , and ended with the intellectual revolution of the Classical period . </P>
<P> Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from the eighth century BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC , following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period . The period began with a massive increase in the Greek population and a series of significant changes which rendered the Greek world at the end of the eighth century as entirely unrecognisable as compared to its beginning . According to Anthony Snodgrass , the Archaic period in ancient Greece was bounded by two revolutions in the Greek world . It began with a `` structural revolution '' which `` drew the political map of the Greek world '' and established the poleis , the distinctively Greek city - states , and ended with the intellectual revolution of the Classical period . </P>
when did the archaic period in greece begin
when did the archaic period in greece begin
the eighth century BC
the eighth century BC