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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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What precisely makes Athens great?
It was the first place where a form of democracy was implemented, thus freeing people to think openly and differently. Philosophical and social debates were common even between everyday people. This climate helped the introduction of new ideas and some great great art.
Did ancient Greece have a calendar?
The ancient civil Egyptian Calendar had a year that was 360 days long and was divided into 12 months of 30 days each, plus five extra days at the end of the year. The months were divided into three weeks of ten days each.
What was the lawmaking body in Ancient Greece called?
Issues shaping the future of the city were voted on by an assembly of citizens living in that polis.
What was the Delian Leagues alliance?
It was a coalition of Greek city-states led by the Athenian Pericles .
It was a league of 180 Greek city-states in Asia Minor and the Islands formed under the leadership of Athens to fight to keep independence from Persian rule. After the Persians agreed to leave them alone, Athens opportunistically turned them into an empire of its own, and lived high on the annual tax it levied, by force where necessary, from those city-states.
What are the territories of ancient greek?
They ruled Turkey, many parts of northern Africa, Egypt, many parts of Europe.
The first digital recording device was invented in 1937 by Alec Reeves, but digital recording did not become commonplace until 1982, the year that the first CD player was released.
Who were Choas' parents in ancient Greek mythology?
he didn't have any parents. Chaos was the first deity in Greek Mythology and according to the Greek Mythology it was the way the universe was before the gods and time started, everything before the universe. Then Chaos had children, without intercourse obviously, and created Gaia, Necessity, Uranus, Nyx, etc. Then Gaia created the Titans with Uranus, etc., etc., etc.
What was one cultural contribution made by the ancient Greeks?
what is the cultral devloment of ancient greece
What 3 things were the US influenced by the Greeks?
they influenced paintings,art,literature and theatre <3
How did Phillip II of Macedonia gain control of Greece?
he was able to defeat the Greeks because they were not united, but separated into a lot of different city states, while Philip had united his country into an efficient fighting force.
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The main reason King Philip of Macedonia was able to defeat the Greeks, because they were just finished with the fight that they had for years between the Sparta and Athens, which Sparta won. The all were very tired and weak physically and economically. King Philip of Macedonia saw the advantage and invaded Greece and conquered it as planed successfully.
How did the peloponnesian war affect the city-states of Athens and Sparta?
The geography of Athens and Greece in general strongly affected the development of a city located in Athens:
1) Prime Location: The Greek Mainland (Thrace, Epirus, Boetia, Attica, and the Peloponnesus) is among the most mountainous and hilly land in all of Europe, making land travel between the city-state minimal. However, the area nearly Athens is less mountainous, making it much easier to build a historical city. It had a central position, north of the Peleponnesus and south of Boetia in Attica, which allowed them to easily trade with Corinth and Sparta in the south and Delphi in the north. It was also very close to the natural port of the Piraeus, giving it an outlet to the sea and prime access to the Aegean.
2) Marine Travel and Naval Strength: Most of the city-states were relatively close to the water, especially those found on Crete, Cyprus, the Dodecanese Islands, or Cycladic Islands. Greek city-states favored marine travel which was more reliable and cost-effective than land travel. As a result, many city-states had strong navies as opposed to having strong armies. Athens under Themistocles had the largest navy of any Greek city-state as well as having the vassalage of several Greek island-states.
3) Chronic Disunity: Because of the prevalence of strong navies, the difficulty of land travel, and the presence of many invasion choke-points (the most famous being Thermopylae), the Greek city-states were never completely unified until Alexander the Great conquered them all. (Sparta did defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War, but only held onto that victory for a very short time. In addition, Sparta never expanded its power into Boetia or over the Cycladic Islands - which would have been the next logical places to expand.)
4) Pastoralism and Fishing: The mountainous terrain made growing crops very difficult. The two crops that the Greeks were able to cultivate were olives and wheat, but wheat was much more difficult to maintain than the olives. This forced Greeks to resort to pastoralism (primarily animal-based agriculture) and they raised goats, sheep, and pigs. As a result, there was a lot of dairy and meat in the Greek diet relative to contemporaneous civilizations (although significantly less than today). In addition, because of the access to the sea, Greek cuisine included vast amounts of shellfish, mollusks, and proper fishes.
The mountains separated the city states, the bays provided fertile land for farming, and the sea provided fishing and trading of sea food.
What did the roman theatre tickets look like?
There weren't any. The theater was free to everyone. The only restriction was in seating. People sat according to their class and men and women were separated.
What was significant about the golden age of Greece?
During the Golden Age in Greece many of the most known philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers flourished in Athens. It was during that time that people like Plato, Aristotle and Socrates wandered in the alleys of ancient Agora (Αγορά in Greek) and taught the philosophical systems that are the basis for philosophy even now. During that time Euclides (Ευκλίδης in Greek) write his "Elements of Geometry", which are STILL used as the basis of geometry today. And the list goes on...
How did Persian and Greek civilizations differ in their political organization and values?
The Persian Empire was ruled by a king and his council, with its provinces ruled by Persian governors supervising the local governments.
The Greek world was comprised of a couple of thousand independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
by using Greek methods and Greek numbers or some type of Greek caculator
Why did Greek colonists like to settle in Sicily?
After the Dark ages Greece found itself in the Archaic age. Now this is where the Greeks developed writing and technology. The Greeks expanded for a number of reasons:
1. To stop political tension between politics.
2. Some Greeks wanted adventure.
3. There was not enough space.
4. They needed to find more farmland to support the population.
How was Socrates killed in ancient Greece?
No one. Well you could say that the Athens government did, because they sentenced him to death. But he did not want to be killed so he poisoned himself and died amongst friends.
How have the Greece helped shape Western civilization?
the Greeks were exceptional at everything they did like math and sculpture. Most civilisations looked up to them as a role model and when Alexander the great conquered everyone around he spread the Greek culture to everyone because he thought they were superior. even the Romans modeled most of their things and ideas after the greeks-steph :)
What did Aristotle wear most of the time?
Aristotle wore many layers of robes he was usually wearing natural colors because bright colored cloth was expensive a while ago. they wore sandals not to be confused with flip-flops and usually never cut their hair because it was against their religion
Where were the Greek colonies located in the Asia minor?
The Greek colonies of Asia Minor, were the AEolic cities that covered the northern part of that coast, together with the islands of Lesbos and Tenedos, the Ionians occupied the centre, with the islands of Chios and Samos, and the Dorians the southern portion, with the islands of Rhodes and Cos.
