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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 ancient Greece care and feed animals?
Yes, sheep, goats, and horses were raised in ancient Greece.
What was ancient Greece topography like?
The climate was hot dry summers more often than not, mild rainy winters. And covered 70-80% im mountains. It's also a penninsula, surrounded by the Agean Ionian and Meditteranean seas.
βασίλεια (basileia) is the most common word in the ancient literature.
Why do some think that the Greek city-states might have asked Persia to intervene in their feuds?
A couple of hundred in Asia Minor were in the Persian Empire. Each of the Greek city-states, wherever they were located - in Europe, North Africa or Asia, followed its own interests, banding together in leagues as it suited them in their inter-city disputes, and changing leagues as it suited their interests.
Those cities in Asia Minor were of course restive under Persian rule, but many had cut deals in their own interest. The Persian preferred tactic was to bribe city ruling classes to go along with the Persian idea of peace and prosperity under their its rule, only resorting to force when this failed. This was witnessed by large Greek city defections at battles during the Ionian Revolt.
And the Revolt itself arose when Greek tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, got into trouble with the Persian governor over a failed attempt to pillage the Greek city-state of Naxos, and to save his own skin, set about stirring up the Ionian Revolt.
How many Persians invaded Greece?
Greece was not a country. The independent Greek city-states stretched all around the Mediterranean. There were dozens of conflicts between Greek cities and alliances of cities and Persia over several hundreds of years from the 6th Century BCE onwards.
What ancient Roman structures was built as a place of worship?
The religious structure of ancient Rome was a pantheon of gods, which means that they had many gods. In addition to the main state gods, the Romans also had personal deities that they favored and also family gods. They would often personify an abstract concept into a god/goddess, such as Fortuna, or even the city of Rome itself portrayed as the goddess Roma.
There was no 'Thrmopylai War'. there was a short engageent at Thermopylai as part of the Persian pust into southern Greece.
Who was eligible to vote in Ancient Greece?
Very few people. No women, children or slaves. No 'barbarians'- foreign people. ----You had to be a citizen----
This leaves about 20% of the population (remember 50% of the pop. were women)
.: not many people at all
How were the mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
Myceneans painted their huts while Minoans didn't
The Minoans lived on the island of Crete in Greece. The Mycenaean lived in the mainland Peloponnese.The Minoan civilization began before the Mycenaean. The history of the Minoans show that their artwork was very different from the Mycenaeans.
What is the most common animal in ancient greece?
The donkey which was the farm and transportation workhorse, or perhaps the ferret (commonly miscalled as cats)..
What does the Greek love of sports show about ancient Greek?
They loved the body in motion and action, they defined the term athlete.
What were the punishments for ancient greek school?
in ancient greece they would hang them push them of a clif drown them in a sack under water burning alive beatenn with a whip or a block of wood!
What was the most powerful empire ever?
It was the British Empire. It might not have lasted the longest but it was the most powerful and it's Navy owned the waters. The Empire owned 1/4 of the world. The closest in size was the mongol.
When did the Greek Cerberus originate?
Cerberus origionated in Greek Mythology, and was a three headed guard dog.
archaic: the human figure
classical: the natural world
hellenistic: emotion
Why didn't Greek farms have large herds?
They had small plots of land and it was generlly poor soil. On an unirrigated few acres, a family had to grow enough grain for bread, fruit trees, olive trees for oil, vegetables and run goats and poultry. As well it had to feed an ox to plough with. And of course, it was impossible to contain all the humans - small plots could not be split up amongst several children, so surplus people had to be packed of to form new colonies around the Mediterranean and Black sea littorals. So there wasn't space for extra humans much less herds of animals.
What characterizes the fourth century period in Greek history What was the result?
The fourth century BCE in Greek history is characterized by significant political, social, and military changes, marked by the decline of city-state dominance and the rise of Macedonia under Philip II. The period saw the Peloponnesian War's aftermath, leading to instability and the eventual emergence of Macedonian hegemony following the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE. This era culminated in the conquests of Alexander the Great, which spread Greek culture and influence throughout the Mediterranean and into Asia, leading to the Hellenistic period. Overall, the fourth century was a transformative time that reshaped the Greek world and set the stage for future developments.
