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Ancient Greece
The ancient greek civilization starts around 3200 BC with the Cycladic civilization [followed by the Minoan (2700 BC) and the Mycenean civilization (1600 BC)] and flourished from the 7th century BC to the 2nd century AD, especially in the 5th century BC with the city-states of Athens and Sparta.
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How did Greek civilization spread to the near east?
Greek culture spread to Egypt and Asia Minor when Alexander the Great conquered the region.
How did Alexander the great rule his kingdom?
He did not do much ruling during his lifetime. Since he was always on campaign and conquering new countries, he left the ruling of his homeland Macedonia to his general Antipater, who made a decent job of it. In all those other countries he never stopped to rule them himself but appointed Satrapes, a sort of Governors, whom he had killed if it was pointed out to him that anyone of them made a mess of it or when any of them rebelled against him. In the places where he did stay a little longer he was usually only eager to adopt the customs that treated the king as a god and dress in the local costumes if appropriately rich and flowing in design.
So as a ruler he was mostly the "off with his head"-type and made not much of a mark. He almost totally focused on being a military commander and was very succesful at that.
What were women able to do in ancient Greek democracy?
Stay at home in virtual purdah, bearing and raising children, supervising any household slaves, tending the home and the vegetable garden and domestic animals. They got out only for an occasional women's religious festival. Democracy was for the male citizens.
What do the Roman Republic and the Greek democracies have in common?
Each had assemblies of the citizens which made decisions on significant issues, which decisions were implemented by the council/senate.
The Discobolus, or Discus Thrower, was a statue created, not invented, by Myron of Eleutherae, an Athenian sculpter who worked between 480 and 440 BC. The original was lost but it is known to us from the many copies made by the Romans.
What types of people lived in ancient Athens?
The types of people who attended Ancient Greek performances were men and only men. They would come from the whole Greek empire to see performances such as the Festivals of Dionysia.
The men would sit in segments of the theatre as tribes.
What was spartas culture like?
The Spartans were professional soldiers in ancient Greece. Their martial discipline was unequaled in Western culture.
Their idea of a march would be a full run for regular soldiers. To build their shield arms, they "marched" (ran) with their 60 lbs. (29 Kilo) shield straight out. The Spartan shield was key to their success in combat. A phalanx of Spartans could interlock their shields which was impenetrable at the time. A shield of that quality could not be breached alone and in combination allowed them to advance on their foes with spears penetrating the ranks of the enemy.
The most famous Spartans were the 300 that stood against the 1,000,000 Persians of Xerxes' army. The Spartans managed to kill over 25,000 of Xerxes' army over the course of two and a half days.
What city-state was greatest cultural center of ancient Greece?
Athens, specifically in its Golden Age.
Why was marble so important to the Greeks?
It provided a beautiful smooth and durable surface for buildings and a stable medium for statuary. They painted the buildings and statues in gaudy colours to enhance the effect. When we copy Greek marble artifacts today, we don't bother to paint them because, as the paint has worn off the original statues over a couple of thousand years, we didn't think that's how they did it. The Greeks had a better appreciation of a life where colour was king.
The clue came in the 1920s when excavations in the ravine next to the Parthenon unearthed a collection of broken statues of gods. These were ones which the Persians had smashed when they captured Athens in 480 BCE, in retaliation for the earlier Athenian smashing of Persian statues of gods at Sardis in Asia Minor. After the Persians left, the Athenians didn't know what to do with them and stashed them in the ravine, awaiting instructions from the gods on what to do with them. They were forgotten for nearly 2500 years, and when found, our habit of thinking of Greeks as having bare marble was entrenched. You can see a few modern buildings with Greek structures where someone has tried to be realistic, but this hasn't really taken hold.
The Romans did the same thing with colour. You can see this in the TV series Rome, which has tried to be real. Buildings and statues are painted in reds and blues.
What did the word honor mean to to ancient Greeks?
I am from Greece and every year we have honor ceremonies for past greek heroes.
First, in Greek, honor is "τιμή" timi.
The ancient Greek people usually they honored the war heroes. The ancient Greek concept of a hero was different from our own culture's. First and foremost, the ancient Greek hero was a religious figure, a dead person who received cult honors and was expected in return to bring prosperity, especially in the form of fertility of plants (crops) and animals, to the community. That's why they honored those people.
Also, in ancient Greece they used to honor the greek gods, like Zeus, Hermes, Aphrodite etc. They created poetry, hymns, plays to honor their gods.
In conclusion, the word honor meant a lot tο the Ancient Greeks, but it means a lot to to the Greeks today as well.
What factors united the greek city-states?
Worship of the same gods, common language, and the poetry of Homer.
How did drama began in ancient Greece?
The roots of ancient Greek theater lie in the cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility, one of the Olympian deities honored in the Greek world. In myth, Dionysus' followers were satyrs, drunken half-animal, half-human creatures, and maenads, or "mad women". In ancient Greek times, Dionysus' followers sometimes assumed these roles (pretended to be satyrs or maenads) in their religious rituals, resulting in much singing, drinking, and dancing in honor of their god.
What is the difference between the Hellenistic period and the classical Greece?
The Hellenic period refers to the period in which we see the rise of the Greek City-States, such as Athens and Sparta. The Hellenistic period is after the period of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great and it refers to the spreading of Greek culture. The Golf Professor
What rights did ancient greek women have?
None. They were married off in their early teens to much older men, kept in purdah, their property belonged to the husband. They were let out occasionally for women's religious festivals, but the rest of the time remained at home running the household and slaves, weaving and raising their abundant children.
How did the geography of Greece encouraged the ancient Greeks to become a seafaring people?
islands,many coasts,it is mainly a sea country
How was the Mediterranean sea was a highway for the ancient Greeks?
It gave routes for trading goods or for sailing OR for giving routes to travelers but I'm not sure which one it is.
How did ancient Greece develope links with other societies?
Due to overpopulation, they sent out surplus people to seize land and establish their own cities. This spread Greek cities all around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The links they developed were obviously not always happy ones, and they had to defend the land they had taken. The other links were for trade, as the mainland Greek cities had limited resources and had to trade in order to survive and prosper.
How did the Greeks believe the gods controlled humans?
There are many Greek gods and goddesses. The ones listed here are just some of the more popular ones.
Zeus- The sky, Ruler of all Gods
Poseidon- brother to Zeus ruled the oceans, horses and earthquakes.
Hades - brother to Zeus god of the underworld
Hera- wife and sister to Zeus queen of the gods ruled marriages
Demeter- sister to Zeus goddess of the harvest
Hestia - sister to Zeus goddess of the home
Aphrodite- goddess of love
Hephaestus- god of blacksmiths
Ares - war god
Hermes - messenger of the gods god of travelers
Dionysus- god of wine
Athena- war goddess, (more war strategy) goddess of wisdom
Apollo- god of music, archery, and the sun
Artemis- goddess of the moon archery warrior goddess
What were Ancient Greek Towns like?
ancient greek homes were decorated on the outside with white house-hold paint and usually their houses were very large including the adom. Slaves would live on the seconed floor while men and woman slept on the first and third.
How did the Greek love of reason and logical influence thr development of Western thought?
Some things
Was ancient Greece an democracy?
Athenian democracy was at its height during the age of Pericles, during the mid-fifth century BCE. Democracy was an Athenian invention, but took a while to appear. Significant figures in the development of democracy were Solon - 594 BC, the Peisistratids; 545-510 BC, Cleisthenes - 565-500 BC, Ephialtes- 482 BC and Pericles - 461-457 BC. Each development in steps introduced new laws into Athenian society. Athenian society began with the aristocratic oligarchy (government) in the seventh century BCE. The height of the democracy occurred under Pericles which introduced payment for jurors in 461 BC, in 458 BC it introduced payment of archons and in 457 BC addmitted zeugitae (hoplite class ti archonship) Pericles - the true height of the Athenian democracy. In the 5th century BC, the Ecclesia was the basic institution of democracy in Athens in which it passed the laws and had ultimate power in affairs of state. The Ecclesia was made up of all citizens over 18. Theoratically, this meant that between up to 50,000 citizens could attend.
How did the leaders of Alexander the Great divide his empire after his death?
Alexander the great's kingdom was split into four major parts. Each was ruled by one of his army generals.
Why did the tyrants out of favor with the Greeks?
most city states lonqed for rule by law with all citizens participating in the government
