id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-339 Thebes, Greece - Wikipedia .html text/html 4900 722 69 Thebes (/θiːbz/; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯][2]) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed a Mycenaean settlement and clay tablets written in the Linear B script, indicating the importance of the site in the Bronze Age. Thebes was the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia and was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy. Prior to its destruction by Alexander in 335 BC, Thebes was a major force in Greek history, and was the most dominant city-state at the time of the Macedonian conquest of Greece. Thebes was also revered as the most ancient of Greek cities, with a history of over 1,000 years. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-339.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-339.txt