[[Image:Nike with incense.jpg|thumb|Goddess [[Nike]] with incense, [[Louvre]].]]
[[Image:Nike with incense.jpg|thumb|Goddess [[Nike]] with incense, [[Louvre]].]]
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'''Greeks''', people from [[Greece]]; in [[Literature]] and [[History ]] often people from the ancient Greece. Greek culture has evolved over thousands of years, since the Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC).
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'''Greeks''', people from [[Greece]]; in [[Literature]] and [[History ]] often people from the ancient Greece. Greek culture has evolved over thousands of years, since the Mycenaean civilization (1600 - 1100 BC).
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Classical Greek or Ancient Greek refers to the period from 5th to 4th centuries BC; The Hellenistic period, that was the zenith of Greek influence goes from the death of [[Alexander the Great]] in 323 BC until the rise of [[Rome]] in 146 BC, and its culture until the advent of [[Christianity]].