Greek dark age comparison with other contemporary civs

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Historians call the period c.1100-800 BC the Greek Dark Age – but what was life like elsewhere at this period?

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Historians call the period c.1100-800 BC the Greek Dark Age – but what was life like

elsewhere at this period?

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c. 1045 BC the Zhou Dynasty in China perfects the making of Bronze bells

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c. 1000 BC the Jomon civilisation in Japan develops new methods for rice farming

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c. 1000 BC Austronesians begin their great migration across the Pacific

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c. 1000 BC Aryans organise society in India into four classes

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c. 900 BC Kushite people in Africa win independence from Egypt

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c. 850 BC Chavin Civilisation in South America develop a unique form of sculpture

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832 BC King Solomon builds a magnificent temple to the One God in Jerusalem

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814 BC Phoenician city of Carthage founded