Ancient Greece

Thermopylae is a narrow spit of land where an ancient Spartan army of one hundred (100) Hoplyte soldiers held off one thousand Persian soldiers for three days before being overrun and killed to the last man. You can go to Greece and find a monument to this epic battle and there was a special television program on the Discovery Channel.

The most important centre of commerce and Hellenistic culture and the largest city was Alexandria of Egypt. There were also other great centres. The other major ones were Antioch (Syria) Pergamon, Ephesus and Smyrna (Turkey) and Athens.

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On the Athenian side, about 10,00 heavy infantry and 10,000 light infantry. On the Persian side, about 25,000 infantry. Their cavalry did not fight as it was loaded onto ships to capture Athens in the absence of the Athenian army.

They played a lot of sports. such as wrestling, discus, foot races. These events were in the Olympics. Most track sports like today. the kids played with each other in courtyards in there back yards. the men had parties called symposia, women were not invited to these events. They also went to theaters or acted plays, or some stayed at home, either storytelling or sewing, knitting or drawing. Some people play music, such as lyres, pipes and wooden flutes.

Greece was an independent city-state for several ages, until its eventual military decline and defeat led to Roman control in 168 B.C. A while after came the time of Christ, and due to the preachings of Paul the Apostle around 60 A.D., much of the eastern Roman Empire became deeply influenced by Christianity from there on out. Soon after this religious paradigm shift, the Byzantine era began, and for a long period of time Greece was prosperous, and even after centuries of continued attacks from raiders and attempted conquest by neighboring empires, Greece was relatively stable, until the Fourth Crusade and the fall of Constantinople. In the 15th century, most of Greece fell to the rule of the Ottoman Empire, who introduced Islam to the region. However, the Eastern Orthodox faith held strong, and as new ideals spread by the French Revolution took hold, Greece took its stand and declared its own independence as a State in 1821. It is at this point the age of Modern Greece begins, and after continued struggle to maintain and empower their beloved homeland, the Greeks restored much of their native populace and by 1947, its boundaries grew into what they are today. As of now, Greece still remains an independent nation, and it was one of the founding members of the United Nations.

he Greek world was comprised of hundreds of independent city-states, each with its own citizenship. People were citizens of a city, not some Greek country which did not exist.

To be a citizen of a Greek city, a person had to be descended from a citizen, be an adult male, and be accepted into one of the several tribes which made up the inhabitants of the city.

The Greeks were polytheistic. They believe in many gods.

Initially they arrived as nomads from the east, and first settled in the peninsula today known as Greece.

They were such prolific breeders that the poor countryside could not support their expanding population so they sent out the surplus populations to settle elsewhere - first the Islands of the Aegean and Asia Minor. This was progressively extended further - to the Black Sea littoral and west to Sicily, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, southern France, Spain and North Africa.

Some of these daughter-cities, established by the cities of Greece, themselves became overpopulated and sent out colonies of their own. The periphery of the Mediterranean and Black seas was dotted with a couple of thousand independent Greek city-states.

they were important transportation routes for Greek people.

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It varied amongst the various independent city-states (over 2,000 of them) and changed over the centuries - there were monarchies, oligarchies tyrranies and democracies The long-term trend was towards democracies - limited democracy where the citizens were consulted by a ruling class, to radical democracy where an assembly of the citizens gave directions which were implemented by the council. There was no clear-cut system, each city had its own system and rules.or radical democracy

In today's terms yes. But back then, the notion that every male citizen could vote was revolutionary.

After the downfall of the Mycenaeans, the writing system of Greece died. The lack of writing is why this is called the Dark Ages.

By making them in human or at least anthropomorphic they are relatable, by making them perfect they are unattainable and superior.

It relied on two major assets -

the walls which protected the city and the link to the seaport, which allowed them to withstand a siege and import food.

its war fleet which allowed them to harass opposing cities and protect supply ships.

military commander(s). the details of the origins and appointment of generals in early Athens are not at all clear

Hippocrates Called "the Father of Medicine."460?-377? b.c. Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition. He is traditionally but inaccurately considered the author of the Hippocratic oath.

an oracle by definition is(1) a prophecy revealed by a priest or priestess(2)an authorative person who devines the future/a seer(3)a holy place where answers from a particular deity is sought. Greece had such a place and such a person that was called the Oracle and as in the above was where one went for answers to their most serious questions. The bible uses the greek word logion which translates to oracle and is used to describe the utterances of GOD.

The Greek civilization is considered the starting point of western civilization because of their great achievements in art, science, ideas of democracy and government. All of these things have been passed down through centuries.

Don't Know Maybe They Were Being Bad I believe? They Went to mount Olympus And Got beat by Persians.

We see examples of Greek architecture today is the Parthenon. A Greek temple.