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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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Who built the largest empire the world have ever seen?
The Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan conquered 8,000,000 square miles and it was the largest within one's lifetime.
The British Empire conquered 14.2 million square miles and it was the largest according to land space without regarding to life span.
How did Greek Alexandria become so rich?
There was no Greek empire to get wealthy. The Greek world comprised hundreds of independent city-states spread from Masilia (now Marseilles) around the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea littoral - Italy, Sicily, mainland Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean islands and North Africa.
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Although there was no Greek empire as such, the Athenian empire might be counted instead. It grew wealthy through its domination of the Delian League and the naval power it boasted in the Mediterranean. However, Greece as a whole was not united until the early 1800s; to that time, it a grouping of separate states or part of a larger empire besides itself.
What was the question
While there was a temporary Athenian empire, it comprised a fraction of the Greek city-states which were around the Aegean Sea. So it was not a Greek empire - it was the Athenian-dominated anti-Persian league. And the Greece of 1500 years later was certainly not an empire.
What sayings are attributed to Protagoras an early Greek humanist?
Protagoras apparently wrote :
- (on knowledge) "The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge."
- (on reality) "Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not."
- (on the divine) "Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life."
Which order of greek columns features volute motif in capital?
The Composite order is the order of Greek columns where volutes are added to the acanthus leaves of a typical Corinthian capital. The volutes themselves are generally a feature of Ionic capitals.
What bodies of water are near Ancient Greece?
Greece is surrounded by The Aegean Sea (east and south) and the Ionian Sea (west).
Who formed the league of corinth to unite the Greek city states?
The Peloponnesian League was formed by the city-state of Sparta largely from the cities in the Peloponnesian pensula (southern Greece) excluding Argos.
How did the Greco-Persian War affect Greek civilization?
Ancient Greece did not expand into the Persian Empire. Greece was comprised of over 2,000 independent city-states, the ones in Asia Minor being inside the Persian Empire. It was the Macedonians under Alexander the Great who expanded into and took over the Persian Empire. Alexander's successors divided the Empire into kingdoms of their own (Egypt, Syria-Mesopotamia etc , and these lasted a couple of hundred years until the expanding Roman Empire absorbed them.
Where did Ancient Greeks like to go in their spare time?
The ancient Greeks traveled around the Mediterranean Sea, to Turkey, Persia and even to India.
How did the Ancient Greeks organize themselves?
The origins of the hoplite are obscure, and no small matter of contention amongst historians. Traditionally, this has been dated to the 8th century BC, and attributed to Sparta; but more recent views suggest a later date, towards the 7th century BC. Certainly, by approximately 650 BC, as dated by the 'Chigi vase', the 'hoplite revolution' was complete. The major innovation in the development of the hoplite seems to have been the characteristic circular shield (Aspis), roughly 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter, and made of wood faced with bronze. Although very heavy (8-15 kg or 18-33 lb), the design of this shield was such that it could be supported on the shoulder. More importantly, it permitted the formation of a shield-wall by an army, an impenetrable mass of men and shields. Men were also equipped with metal greaves and also a breast plate made of bronze, leather, or stiff cloth. When this was combined with the primary weapon of the hoplite, 2-3 m (6.6-9.8 ft) long spear (the doru), it gave both offensive and defensive capabilities.
Regardless of where it developed, the model for the hoplite army evidently quickly spread throughout Greece. The persuasive qualities of the phalanx were probably its relative simplicity (allowing its use by a citizen militia), low fatality rate (important for small city-states), and relatively low cost (enough for each hoplite to provide their own equipment). The Phalanx also became a source of political influence because men had to provide their own equipment in order to be a part of the army.
The Hoplite Phalanx
The Hoplite Phalanx of the Archaic and Classical periods in Greece (approx. 750-350 BC) was a formation in which the Hoplites would line up in ranks in close order. The Hoplites would lock their shields together, and the first few ranks of soldiers would project their spears out over the first rank of shields. The Phalanx therefore presented a shield wall and a mass of spear points to the enemy, making frontal assaults much more difficult. It also allowed a higher proportion of the soldiers to be actively engaged in combat at a given time (rather than just those in the front rank).
When advancing towards an enemy, the phalanx would break into a run that was sufficient enough to create momentum but not too much as to lose cohesion. The opposing sides would collide viciously, possibly terrifying many of the hoplites of the front row. The battle would then rely on the valour of the men in the front line; whilst those in the rear maintained forward pressure on the front ranks with their shields. When in combat, the whole formation would consistently press forward trying to break the enemy formation; thus when two phalanx formations engaged, the struggle essentially became a pushing match, in which, as a rule, the deeper phalanx would almost always win, with few recorded exceptions.
Was Aesop the first fable writer?
I am not entirely sure about this. I'm pretty sure that there are 656, but you would have to check it elsewhere if you wanted to check if it is correct.
Was Sparta famous in ancient Greece?
they are famous for fighting the Persians ,and defeating the Athenians in the peloponesion war.
It was famous because all men had serve in the military. The soldiers were treated very strictly.
What does James mean in ancient Greek?
James. James is an English name, therefore it does not change spelling when written in another language. It goes for all names - if, for example, you had a Greek pen-pal, you would write their name the right way (the Greek way) even if your letter was in English.
How could you get from place to place in Ancient Greece?
Greece is a mountainous country and it is difficult to travel by land. Greece was also a poor country and very few people could afford horses and often the mountain passes were too rugged for horse anyway. So to travel by land meant walking by foot over high mountains in difficult weather conditions - either very hot conditions during the summer or very cold in the winter.
The best way to travel was therefore by boat or ship. It was much faster and safer than traveling by land. Most of the major Greek cities were port cities or had port cities close by (Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Syracuse etc).
This is why naval command of the seas around the Greek world became so important, controlling the seas meant you controlled trade and communications and made it very difficult for enemies to move around. For instance Athens was almost entirely dependent on sea trade to bring in food for its population. Without sea trade it could not survive as it was simply impossible to bring in the supplies over a land route.
Did the Mycenaean invade Greece around 1900 B.C. and their leaders became the first Greek kings.?
Yes, the Mycenaean people invaded Greece around 1900 B.C. and their leaders became the first Greek kings
What are the beliefs of ancient people?
Neolithic people were polytheistic, so they believed in multiple gods or divine forces. Even though there were many different religions, they almost always had a story of creation and an earth-mother type goddess.
Who conquered the greek city-states after the peloponnesian war?
Initially a ruling group of thirty of its citizens with Spartan support. These were removed and democratic self-government re-established.
It was found by the americans ,when they heard that there was free land to buy, so they went in search of the land found it and called it greece because they had a lot of grease on the streats of greese so the american was like ,'lets name it greece'.
Did the gods make up the sports in ancient Greek Olympics?
The Games were a celebration to the god Zeus.
He invented the system of longitude and latitude.
He was too the first person who calculate the circumference of the Earth.
What did Homer the greek die of?
Homer was a legendary character. We do not know with confidence anything about his life. There are stories about him, but we have little certainty about whether they are accurate, of even whether Homer was a real person or a traditional name used to attach the epic poems to.
It is thought that he may have lived some time in the period 6th to 8th Century BCE. He may have been born in Chios or elsewhere. Or it may have just been a name cooked up to attach to the versions of the epic poems which the wandering bards sang, and when aversion of this was written down after cursive writing was invented, the name Homer was attached to it. That's how vague our knowledge is.
Did women in ancient Greece fight in war?
In Sparta extensive rights. In Athens, they were virtual slaves, working on the farm, bearing and raising children, getting out only for the odd women's religious festival.
Ancient Greece was a collection of city states that were really only bound by language and culture. They came close to begin united by Alexander, but it was not to be, and they were not brought under a single rule until they were conquered by the Roman Empire. They remained part of the Roman Empire until 1453, when they were conquered by Ottoman Turks, though historians today tend to call the medieval Roman Empire by the name Byzantine, a name that was not used at the time. They remained under Ottoman control until 1830, when the modern state of Greece was established.
