Threat of annihilation by the Persian invasion
The Mycenaeans attack the Greeks because of land. This is what caused a war.
Many Greeks stated that Greece was more advanced than Persia.
They did not unite the Greeks - there was just a pause in their fighting each other while the games were on.
Originally the reason the Greeks founded the Olympics was to have a "family reunion". At the time, Ancient Greeks were scattered from Spain to North Africa, and from Ionia to Italy. This was a way to unite themselves every 4 years. Eventually it turned into a "which colony is the best" competition, and the model that we have today.
The geographical setting of Greece.
Most rational people think they fought them.
The Mycenaeans attack the Greeks because of land. This is what caused a war.
They established independent city-states, and like the Greeks, had no reason to give up their independence.
To more or less unite them in the "Hellenic League" that would have him as overlord.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The Greeks coveted its wealth. They captured, looted and burnt it, selling the people into slavery.
Um something about the golden age.
His father had a dream to unite the city-states. Shortly after he died so Alexander was his heir. Alexander took his father's dream and tried to unite the Greeks, the Persians, and the Macedonians. He failed
Many Greeks stated that Greece was more advanced than Persia.
They did not unite the Greeks - there was just a pause in their fighting each other while the games were on.
The thing that the Greeks believed caused winter is when Demeter, goddess of the harvest, was sad becase Persephone was in the underworld with her husband Lord Hades. Because Demeter was sad, nothing grew and the weather worsened, thus the Greeks had an explanation for winter.