Ancient Greece

Phalanx formations stretched over the battlefield. Usually, the right flank was guarded by elite troops. Choices were sometimes made to have a heavier right or left flank by adding troops in depth and width, thus creating more force of push against the opposing enemy. This enabled the hoplite phalanx or macedonian phalanx to turn and overrun the enemy line followed by an attack in the flank or rear of the enemy lines of battle. Light skirmisher troop usually proteced flanks or stood to the rear to fire at the enemies within small gaps in the line. Greeks were true infantry men and cavalry was often used for skirmishing or recon. Macedonians however were strong cavalry men that used different type of cavalry to overwhelm and harass the enemy. For Greek warfare the book of homer give accurate descriptions of how a battle would have looked if you can manage to think their Greek gods out of the picture.

Religious festivals in honour of the gods were two types - athletics and theatre. The Olympics and others eg Nemean, Isthmian Games, were athletics.

Theatre was the centrepiece of festivals at many cities - eg the Athenian Dionysius festival. At these festivals the plays consisted of a few actors and a chorus. The chorus sang and danced parts of the story of the plays to complement the actors' roles.

Each play had three main actors accompanied by a chorus which sang and danced in support.

Any citizen was eligible to participate.

Some people think Homer's character was in the Odyssey, because the name Homer is often associated with the Odyssey. It is a misunderstanding.

Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.

When he lived, as well as whether he lived at all, is unknown. He may have been a mythical figure. If he was a real person, he may have lived between 1100 BCE and 850 BCE.

The ancient Athenian marketplace was called the Agora. I'm not quite sure what they called it in Sparta

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Ancient Argos had a monarchy. A monarchy is a form of government with only one ruler.

People in Ancient Egypt lived in houses, the size depending on their wealth and class.

They lived along the river. They slept in special rooms, in the sitting room, or on the roof.

Zeus was the greek god of weather

there is chariot races and boxing and horse races wrestling pankration and pentathlon long jump javelien throw track events

Aristotle and Plato were both studied by Italian humanists.

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By water they could use sail and oar traction, and carry much cargo. By land, it meant walking, and moving loads in 1 ton animal drawn wagons, and having to carry food for themselves and the animals.

they started colonies because there wasn't enough farmland to feed their people

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The near east changed over time. At periods there were independent city-states as in the Greek world. Then various empires (Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian) absorbed them, just as the Greek city-states were eventually absorbed into Hellenistic kingdoms and eventually the Roman Empire.

That was what the Greek gods fed on, supposedly the very best of food and drink. But nobody is certain what those foodstuffs were, because not even the ancient authors knew.

In modern times, we sometimes refer to the ancient Egyptians as pagans, just as we call the ancient Romans and Greeks pagans, but this is not a description the ancients would have recognise. Since they believed that theirs was the one true religion, they did not believe it required a specific name.

As Aesop was a slave and he lived prior to the time of Christ marriage would not have been allow the likes of him.

And while it is true he was a slave (but eventually freed), slaves weren't expressly forbidden to wed. Usually slaves were bred though, like livestock. And because Aesop is widely regarded to have been disfigured in some way and is often depicted as being ugly, misshapen or even as a dwarf, I find it unlikely that any man wouldn't have allowed his daughter to marry a man in his condition, even more so as a slave.

So far we have discovered 39 Ancient Greek temples. However there are likely to be many more lying undiscovered. It's also possible that evidence of some temples have been completely destroyed by nature or humans.

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According to my history book," many free people became enslaved when they were captured by armies during war or by pirates while riding ships. Children born into slave families automatically became slaves. Some Greeks were uncomfortable owning other Greeks. Greeks with such scruples, or ethical objections to a situation, solved this problem by owning foreigners.

Socrates is considered to be The Founder of Western Philosophy and one of the most important humans to have ever lived. He has influenced countless philosophers, including his disciple, Plato, and Plato's student, Aristotle. Socrates provided the basis for modern ethics and epistemic thought.