This document provides an overview of classical Greece between 2000 BC and 300 BC. It covers the major cultures that influenced Greece like the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and Dorians. It then discusses the rise of city-states and different forms of government like democracy in Athens and the military state of Sparta. The Persian Wars of the 5th century BC are described where the Greeks resisted Persian invasion. Athens entered a golden age under the rule of Pericles, with advances in art, architecture, drama, and philosophy. Eventually Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War, though Greek culture continued to spread through Alexander the Great's later conquests.