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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 was the leading city-state in Greece 450 B.C. What made it strong?
Athens turned the Delian League which it had led against the invasion by the Persian Empire, into an empire of its own, continuing to extort their contributions for the war and maintaining its dominant war fleet.
Athens had strong walls an connecting walls with its port, which enabled it to defy a siege, import food, and attack its besiegers' home cities by sea.
It is very old. The oldest written works where we can learn about the Greek gods are from the 8th century BC: Theogoniaby Hesiodos and The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (whoever he was).
Before those there were, of course, oral traditions going back a very long time.
What did ancient Greece craftsman do?
Bronze, and later iron ore, were used by
Blacksmiths to make swords, ploughs, knives, and other equipment.
To create the heat required to work with the metal, they
used billows made of animal skin to blow air into their flames.
They used hammers to form it into a
sword or a tool after heating the metal.
Who is the god or goddess of birds?
Depends on the bird.
Okeanos and Hera hold the peacock as sacred.
Thoth, the Ibis.
Okeanos aka Enki also holds the raven sacred. Set does as well.
Athena's bird is the Owl, Zeus' bird is the Eagle.
Aphrodite is fond of the swan and the dove.
....and so on.
....but a god or goddess of birds in general? Not sure about that one. Perhaps somewhere.
How did the ancient Greeks make their paint?
- Stone, especially Marble & Limestone.
- Dirt
- Clay
- Charcoal
- Flower Petals
- Vegetable Dyes mixed with saliva or animal fat.
Why did changes occurred during Greece's dark age?
because nobody really knows what caused the changes between two periods in Greece history
What conflict brought city-states together?
In ancient times, the many different societies (usually organized as city-states) of Greek civilization were unified in times of stress or conflict, if not always unanimously. The greatest unifying conflict for the Greeks came from invasions by the Empire of Persia, whose incursions into the center of the Greek world in the 5th century BCE (or BC) were especially significant: it was only by banding together that the Greeks were able to repel the large-scale invasion by land and by sea.
The Persian War against the Persian Empire.
What caused the Parthenon's destruction?
what caused the destruction of the Parthenon was Turkey attacked Athens and it was destroyed by an explosion.
What geographical disadvantage did the athenians have in the war against Sparta?
They had turned their geographical disadvantages to their own favour by building the long walls from the city to their port. They could then defend themselves, supply themselves by sea and launch sea invasions against their enemies - all in their favour.
This allowed them to keep going for 27 years until the Persians gave the Peloponnesian League the money to field a fleet which destroyed the hitherto dominant Athenian one. Athens, then beseiged without supply or allied support, had to surrender.
Pentemychos - a pentagon - it had five angles where the seeds of the god Chronos were placed within the Earth in order for the cosmos to appear
What color did ancient Greece call the sky?
The Greeks called it kyronos, which is synonomous with bronze. in addition, Homer, writer of the illiad, called it "shining like a bronze shield."
Who wrote Greek theatre tragedies?
Sophocles. Among others, Sophocles wrote some of the most famous works, still studied in high schools and colleges to this day.
What was the daily life of a ancient Greece woman?
Women in most city-states of ancient Greece had very few rights. They were under the control and protection of their father, husband, or a male relative for their entire lives. Women had no role in politics. Women with any wealth did not work. They stayed indoors running their households. The only public job of importance for a woman was as a religious priestess.
What time period were the Greeks around?
The Greeks, or Hellenes, are the natives of Greece and other countries around the Mediterranean Sea like Cyprus, southern Albania, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt. Ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization (which ended about 1200 BCE) lasted up to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE.
How did the Greeks keep their history alive during the dark age?
The Oral tradition kept the history alive.Storytellers retold legends and myths of there past.
What are the 3 phrases of the Peloponnesian War?
First Phase: Archidamian War (431-421 BCE)
The Peloponnesian League invaded Attica annually, and Athens launched naval raids on the coast of the Peloponnese. It ended with the signing of the pseudo Peace of Nicias.
Secod Phase: Peace of Nicias (411-412 BCE)
Athens tried to capture Syracuse in Sicily 415-413 BCE, failing disastrously with capture of the whole expedition.
Third Phase: Decelean War (412-404 BCE)
Sparta gained financial support from Persia to build up a competitive navy and attacked Athens' allies and food supply in the Aegean Sea and Ionia, culminating in the seige and surrender of Athens.
How were ancient Greek armies and modern armies similar?
Both are/were highly organized with the armies divided into divisions that perform specialized functions (like armor in a modern army or horsemen in a Greek army). They also follow a hierarchical command structure with a single leader at the top and responsibilities assigned to lower ranking persons, who in turn will delegate aspects of a general order to lower ranking soldiers until it is actually carried out by the lowest ranking soldier(s) that is appropriate for the task.
How were the winners rewarded in ancient Greece?
a crown of laurel leaves and a prize, normlly a medal or money or something famous (an old weapon said to belong to Herakles etc)
What did people write with instead of a pencil in ancient Greece?
First with mullet and chisel on stone but most similar to today's writing used a writing stylus, made of metal, bone or ivory, to place marks upon wax-coated tablets.
What ancient games did the Greeks create that we still celebrate today?
They did the Olympics and the Pentathlon, which is running, Greek wrestling, discus, javelin, and jumping.
Who warned the ancient Athenians about the ancient Macedonian King Philip and his army?
Demosthenes of Athens warned the Athenians not Greece. He was protecting Athenian interests and hegemony over Greece. Demosthenes harbored a personal grudge against Philip because of the humiliation he suffered when he lost his power of speech at the Macedonian court (Aischines, On the Embassy 35), Demosthenes called Philip a barbarian but he would call anyone he did not like a barbarian, including fellow Athenians (Dem. 21.150). Some propagandists have used this word to claim that Macedonian were not thought of as Greek by the rest of Greece but the word, at least in some uses by Demosthenes and others, should be understood as a generic insult. Thus, for example, in some parts of the USA people are dubious that people from other parts are "real Americans."
- [10] When, Athenians, will you take the necessary action? What are you waiting for? Until you are compelled, I presume. But what are we to think of what is happening now? For my own part I think that for a free people there can be no greater compulsion than shame for their position. Or tell me, are you content to run round and ask one another, "Is there any news today?" Could there be any news more startling than that a Macedonian is triumphing over Athenians and settling the destiny of Hellas? ~ Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
Demosthenes, after failing to convince that Macedonians were barbarians, in order to uprise Athenians and after the success of a united Greece under Macedonian hegemony said: "No king of the Hellenes had ever conquered Egypt with the exception only of Alexander, and that he did without war..."
"Even though Xerxes had a huge host with him, he was a barbarian and was defeated by the prudence of the Hellenes; whereas Alexander the Hellene (GREEK) has already engaged in 13 battles and has not been defeated once."
[2.3.4.-5; Oration of Demosthenes]
