| The information we have about historic limes has | | | | Arkesini on neighboring Amorgos, and formed a |
| many gaps. We know for certain, however, that | | | | confederacy with the Halkidians, Corinthians and |
| Cycladic civilization continued to develop, and that | | | | Samiots. |
| each island constituted a separate state ruled by | | | | Naxos held dominion over Delos, the major |
| either an oligarchic, democratic or tyrannical | | | | religious center, which it also exploited |
| regime. | | | | economically, with large gains in both the financial |
| After the collapse of the Mycenaean economy | | | | sector of the Dryopes (Kythnos), the Thracians |
| and the abandonment of the large Mycenaean | | | | (Naxos), as well as those of the Cretans |
| settlement on Naxos, there is evidence that | | | | (Amorgos, Folegandros). |
| Ionian tribes from Attica moved into the | | | | After 900 BC, Naxos held the dominant position in |
| Cyclades. Hence, during historic times, nearly all | | | | the Cyclades, and its prosperity continued |
| the inhabitants of the islands were Ionians. | | | | undiminished into the 8th and 7th centuries. This |
| Still, traces of the Doric tribes remained (on the | | | | island, which had a powerful navy, colonized |
| islands colonized by Sparta: Anafi, Milos, Santorini, | | | | Arkesini on neighboring Amorgos, and formed a |
| Folegandros), of the Dryopes (Kythnos), the | | | | confederacy with the Halkidians, Corinthians and |
| Thracians (Naxos), as well as those of the | | | | Samiots. |
| Cretans (Amorgos, Folegandros). | | | | Naxos held dominion over Delos, the major |
| After 900 BC, Naxos held the dominant position F | | | | religious center, which it also exploited |
| in the Cyclades, and its prosperity continued | | | | economically, with large gains in both the financial |
| undiminished into the 8th and 7th centuries. This | | | | sector and the, then, flourishing arts. |
| island, which had a powerful navy, colonized | | | | |