Ancient Greece

There were no elections - it was direct democracy where the people of a city-state assembled every couple of weeks and made decisions which the council implemented between meetings.The assembly was made up of adult males who were citizens of the city-state..

The Greeks were such prolific breeders that, even with the losses of their incessant wars amongst each other, the small and infertile agricultural territories which each city owned was an absolute limit. The small family farm of about a hectare could not be subdivided amongst several sons, who either became landless and a problem, or were moved on.

So they sent out the surplus to seize the land from the locals in other territories around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, founding new cities which came to number a couple of thousand. And this was the Greek world by the 5th Century BCE.

Ancient Greeks put coins in the persons mouth so in when they are leaded to the afterlife they can pay to cross the river to the underworld

conquered other land

philosophy. The big questions in life. He taught about christianity and his encouragement taught many

The full Spartan citizens decided issues in assembly. The executive group was the council of elders (Gerousia). An executive of five Ephors ran day-to-day decisions. The two kings were war leaders with religious duties, who were members of the Gerousia..

Boxing as well as wrestling took place in a palaestra. " The palaestra functioned both independently and as a part of public gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium could exist without a palaestra."

Alexander the Great, or Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander Karanid) did indeed have a family of his own. He was married to Roxana Bactrian Karanid and together they had one child, a son, '''Alexander '''"Aegus" '''Karanid '''IV.

Alexander the Great also had four siblings, nieces and nephews and so on.

There were over 200 Greek city-states involved in the Peloponnesian War, stretching from Sicily to Asia Minor. The leader of the Delian League was Athens and Sparta was leader of the opposing Peloponnesian League.

Well according to Thusydides it was the fear and jealousy of Athens, the Pentecontaetia incident where the attempt to prevent Athens from rebuilding its walls was rebuffed, the resettlements of rebel helots by Athens on a strategic city of Naupactus and the corcyraen incidents.

The immediate incidents that led up to the war. The corcyraean incident, the siege of Potidaea and the Megarian degree.

note: Different sources have different views on the causes or place a higher regard for some in complaisant to others.

http://www.answers.com/Peloponnesian%20war

Delphi was the site of the most famous of the Greek oracles.

They were made out of mud and they probably used a mould

it would be neighboring countries who wanted to take over one of the Greek city state or to fight another city state

Well, to start, Zeus is the god of the sky, and he controls weather. The second closest one is a Myth about Persephone being snatched up into Hades, and Demeter, her mother and goddess of harvest, was devastated and didn't eat or drink so therefore she starved the earth until Zeus had to give in but only if Persephone had not eaten anything in the underworld. Sadly, she had eaten six (and only six) Pomegranate seeds, So Zeus had to only give her six months in the upper-world, and six months in Hades, so each year, six months out of the year, (supposedly, around Fall and Winter) Demeter grieves for the loss of her daughter, and (in Spring and Summer) soon after, she rejoices and springs the earth back to life when her beloved daughter comes back, Explaining the Seasons.

At local market, like we do today - also by trade with other city-states.

Its influence was on the developing styles of literature of other peoples who used it to develop their own styles and genres, and often used the characters and events in them as a base for their own variations.

Athens , a sea power ,sought to exploit her neighbors commercially through the dominance of her navy to the detriment of Sparta , a land based power , and other city-states . This led to many wars.

When Athens used its navy to good effect during the 27-year Peloponnesian War, Sparta realised that it had to get the Peloponnesian league an equally strong nave to succeed. They took money from Persia to build a fleet which finally destroyed the Athenian navy and led to Athens' surrender.

A man would marry a woman for political reasons and may well fall in love with her after living together and raising children but usually his love would in another woman, usually a professional prostitute essentially. This woman would be a social animal, a professional party-goer, discussing politics or whatever the men she would mingle with would want to talk about

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A tyrant was appointed to bring a balance to a society where the ruling upper class was so exploiting the lower classes that revolution and self-destruction was becoming inevitable. The aristocracy resented this but had to put up with it as long as the tyrant retained overall public support. The tyrant was, however, under constant threat of assassination and so had to hire a large bodyguard, and impose a tax to pay for it. No Greek class liked taxes and so the tyrants were eventually deposed or murdered, opening the way for a trial of democracy as an alternative. Democracy often failed, bringing back the aristocrats, another tyrant of a king, and so the cycle went on.

Yes, you can look in google images and see ionic columns.

The Hellenistic Age

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Because the terrain that they controlled mainly wasn't suitable for a lot of their needs and population growth. As an example, the Black Sea coastal regions provided Athens with plenty of grain due to its fertile soil.