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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 Imagine you live in Ancient Greece. Would you rather live in Athens or Sparta Why?
It would depend entirely on your status:
a. as a free male, if were you were free in Athens, you had to work hard at farming, fishing, a trade or a labourer; you were called out for military service as needed. In Sparta as a citizen, you were supported by the state on the income derived from a serf population, and devoted yourself .
b. as a free woman, in Athens you had to bear and raise children, work in the house and farm or business, and were kept in virtual purdah. In Sparta you were free to come and go, and indulge in athletic and cultural events.
c. If you were not a free male, in Athens as a slave you worked in the farm, house or business endless hours. In Sparta they were serfs who did their own thing but rendered half their produce to the Spartan state.
d. If you were not a free female, you worked in the house and farm and were at the disposal of the owning male. In Sparta, the female serfs lived with their male partners.
Take your pick.
How were the women and slaves treated in Sparta?
They were in reality serfs (helots) - that is bound to the soil to produce food to support the Spartans who were thus released for military training and activity.
This meant that they farmed the land as subsistence farmers and paid a percentage of their produce to their Spartn masters.
As they outnumbered the Spartan citizens by about seven to one, there was always a fear of uprising, so the ephors (magistrates) were tasked with control of them, essentially done by arranging the murder of activists who may have promoted rebellion.
When a Spartan expeditionary force was dispatched, they took seven serfs for each warrior to balance the numbers remaining at home with the number of citizens left at home. Those accompanying the force were employed as servants and light infantry, using javelins, bows, rocks etc. At the battle of Thermopylai ther were 2,000 helots fighting alongsideh the 300 Spartan warriors, and they lost their lives along with the Spartans.
the political power that citizens held in their government
Was Sparta or Athens more powerful?
In ancient Greece, Sparta was more powerful. While Athens focused more on literature, Spartan children went to school to train for war. They went through multiple hard tests like stepping on needles and fighting each other.
Who were the first people to speak Greek and are considered to be truly Greek?
It is not true. The earliest civilisation in the world where the Sumerians of Mesopotamia (Iraq). The second earliest civilisation was that of the Egyptians. Chinese and Indian civilisation also started before that of the Greeks.
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Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from one land?
The mountain ranges in Greece would create vallies where citys were built. Because the mountains were very hard to travel over they isolated the city to develope individully from the other citys making them city-states.
Did all the Greek city states have the same culture?
Yes - this was central to the culture which made them Greek.
Why was ancient Greek religion created?
Greek religion was invented because the Greeks wanted to tell us how it used to be like in the A.D.(After Death) A.C.(After Crist) and much more.
Now some people don't belive in those type of things like The Story of Arachne.They say that thats why there are spiders in this world because about what happened in Ancient Civilizations.
How many Greek polis developed?
Polis = city.
A city was independent and self-sustaining, with a central defensive citadel (acropolis) with houses surrounded by walls, with sufficient farmland and a sea or river port. To be considered a worthwhile city, it had its own amenities - temples, gymnasiums, theatres, water supply and sewerage. An a political system which fostered unity and discipline of the people.
What ancient Greek toy is still popular today?
Many toys, similar to current day toys, have been found in archeological sites. Dolls, rattles, tops, swings, and many other items have been unearthed. As is common today, those from richer families had a greater assortment of toys, while those from poorer families were expected to work for the family at a much younger age. Evidence also shows that Greeks kept pets such as dogs, pigs, tortoises, and caged birds.
Did the ancient Greeks go on holiday?
Depends what you mean by holiday!
Rich Greeks did travel during the classical period. For instance the Greek historian Herodotus apparently traveled widely across the ancient world including all over Greece, Italy, Egypt, Persia and even to modern day Russia. However the purpose of this travel was probably more to do with making educational and political contacts than lying on the beach.Only the very best educated and richest Greeks would have traveled in this way.
Poorer citizens would have also have traveled for reasons ranging from military campaigns, trade and setting up of new colonies but again none of these could be classed as holidays. However citizens did travel for religious ceremonies, drama competitions and athletic games, probably the closest the ancient Greeks got to having a holiday.
Several hundred years later, about 150 years after Christ, a Greek writer called Pausanias wrote a sort of travel guide to Greece, almost like a modern Blue Guide.
By this time, at the peak of the Roman Empire, there were many well heeled tourists among the Romans who had made fortunes from the Empire. Many traveled to Greece and Egypt on sight seeing trips or had very lavish holiday homes constructed in places like the island of Capri or in countryside outside Rome or in southern Italy.
What factors influenced Hippocrates?
For the most part, he was a the father of medicine and so he wasn't really influenced by any other person. His theory of the humorism (the idea that there are four main liquids of the body) was influenced by the Pythagorean theory which stated that Nature was made of four elements-water, earth, wind and fire. The four humors correspond to this like so...
Blood-Air
Black Bile-Earth
Yellow Bile-Fire
Phlegm-Water
So if you need a specific person, you could explain that he was influenced by Pythagoras.
Who is the ancient greek god of travel?
The ancient Greek god of travel is Hermes, the god of traders, travel, and thieves, and such.
Why did merchants and the poor often support the Greek Tyrants?
Athens was under control of self-serving aristocrats who stood heavily on the majority who were small-farmers. While Solon had been appointed in 594 BCE to resolve a looming revolution because of this, he compromised heavily, and the problem was not solved.
Peisistratos was appointed tyrant by popular acclaim to resolve the next looming crisis. He and his successor sons did a good job in equalising peoples' living conditions. The weakness was that the tyrants had to hire a large bodyguard to protect them from assassination by the aristocrats (Julius Caesar style) an had to levy taxes to pay for the guards.
The Greeks hated taxes, and by 510 BCE, after 51 years under the tyrants, a new generation had forgotten the evils of the oligarchic rule by the aristocrats, and just wanted to get rid of the tyrants taking their money.
They expelled the third tyrant Hippias who was now in power, and the oligarchs made a bid to return to power. Fortunately Cleisthenes intervened and set up a form of limited democracy.
What were the materials ancient Greeks used to make chariots?
The first section is the wheel hub. The Romans chariots at first used carved/turned wooden hubs, and later moved on to cast metals such as bronze and copper. Early chariots had very little metal on them, but later ones had a LOT of metal depending on the owner's position in society or the use to which the chariot was intended to be put.
What happened to greek civilization between 1100 bc 900bc?
Hypatia of Alexandria got promoted to the Salaried Director of the Neoplatonist School of Philosophy.
Did the Greeks use battering rams?
Yes, the battering ram was one of their main siege engines. It consisted of a huge beam wrapped with rope to keep it from splitting apart and it was tipped with an iron head. They were housed in wheeled sheds or movable towers for protection from the defenders.
Which trees were presented as crowns in ancient Greece and Rome to the victors of war?
If you mean a laurel, they were made of the leaves/branches of the Bay Laurel
Which city-state is a still a major city in Greece today?
Most of the cities of Ancient Greece, like Sparta, Thebes, Mycenae, Megara, Corinth, Delphi, Athens, Argos, Epidaurus, and Pylos are still within the borders of modern Greece. However, of these, only ATHENS is still inhabited and is not just an archaeological ruin.
