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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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What is the greatest contribution of the greeks?
In the long run, the greatest contributions of the Greek were geometry and philosophy. The theorems of Pythagoras Euclidean geometry played an important part of the development of western geometry and mathematics. Plato and Aristotle dominated European philosophy until the 19th century.
Greeks call themselves Hellenes after their reputed founder Helen.
Today we call the culture introduced by Alexander the Great and his successors Hellenistic - it was imposed on non-Greeks of Alexander's empire.
It gained traction with some of the upper classes and provided a veneer of Hellenic culture (the lower classes kept to their own culture. Hence use of the expression Hellenistic - like Hellenic.
Why was coin money important to ancient Greece?
Because the Greek god used Drachmas which were Golden coins they use.
FWI: The gods believed in just gold not silver
How did the Greeks govern their cities?
They developed their own dialects of the Greek language. Some, like Sparta, developed into a large, complex community. Other city-states built walls around their communities. They formed armies for protection, created their own governments, and collected taxes.
What is the use for a tree diagram?
Calculate probability and if you mean factor tree diagram, it can find the prime factors of any number.
Why were the ancient Greeks important?
Greek intellectuals founded the ideas and theories we have in science and maths today. Without the Greeks, some of the key ideas about the beginnings of our universe may never have been discovered
Why did the Greeks settle Along the coast?
In a pre-mechanical transport era, a cart of food would be consumed by the draft animals in the time it took them to go 200 km, so ships were the only feasible bulk carrier.
Was Socrates a famous ancient Greek person?
Yes. He was born about 470 and died in 399 B.C. He was an unusual, influential, and controversial philosopher. Not a lot is known about his life. He was Plato's teacher. He thought of himself as a practical man interested in living well. He believed in the self-discipline of moral reason to free us from distracting desires and in a life of enquiry. He questioned himself and others to discover better ways of thinking and living. He didn't write any books. He was executed, supposedly, for being impious and corrupting young men, but probably really for encouraging people to think for themselves, which is always a threat to established political authority.
What are 5 ways Athens and Sparta were the same and 5 ways they were different?
Well first the Athens government is a direct government. Sparta isn't. Athens ruled Ancient Greece for many years and were the most powerful group. Then during the Peloponnesian war, which was Sparta v.s the powerful Athens (in the 400's B.C) at the end, we ended with a new powerful group called Sparta. The Spartanians were so releaved and excited and Athenians so depressed. That is a big difference in Greek City-States government. Some similarities is that they both had citizens that had to be males, but a big difference between that is to be a citizen in Athenia, you had to be a male, but you had to have family in that city-state for 3 generations. In Sparta and other city-states you had to be also a male, but had to be born in that city-state which made a lot of Citizens.
Thanks! AncientGreekGirl :)
In English what does Di Immortales mean from Ancient Greek?
Well translated it means "the immortals" which is used as a word like good gracious, but a true translation (sorry if this is hard to follow, you would probably need to read a greak mythology book) would be "the gods" as in the Greek Gods of Mythology, i learned this from the book Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, im happy 'cause those books got me interested in greek mythology :)
Correction to the above: It's Latin, not Greek!
Why is it important for us to klearn greek mythology?
The Greek myths have been subjects of thousands of paintings and sculptures though the centuries. The have also been the basis of much literature. Also the stories gives us insight in human struggle to understand life and natural occurrences.
What types of transport did they have in ancient Greece times?
A ship was required transport inter-island and between the Peloponnese and mainland Europe. Her dependence upon sea vessels contributed to the development of Greece's naval excellence. On land, chariots, horses and mules were modes of transport. Horses were better suited to light travel and were seldom used. Mules were preferred for heavier moving and were the most common means of transportation. They had better footing for the mountainous terrain, could cover an average 50 miles per day and required fewer hours of sleep than horses.
What Greek scholars established the academy in Athens?
Socrates. Prior to doing so, he was a mason. The Academy was where Socrates established and invented the modern teaching style we use today known as Socratic Seminar-this encourages intelligent discussion of ideas, and looking at things in different angles
What are the names of the twelve greek gods and goddesses that lived on mount Olympus?
Olympian rulers:
Hera
Athena
Artemis
Aphrodite
Demeter
Hestia, then later Dionysus who took her place.
Hephaestus
Zeus
Apollo
Ares
Poseidon
Hermes
No. The Trojans were their own sort of mini-nation. They were influenced by Greek culture, as they often traded with them, but they spoke an Indo-European language (as well as Greek) and they were also influenced by Hittite customs.
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We don't know what their origin or language was. The archaeological evidence doesn't help either as there are several levels of settlement on the Troy site in Asia Minor. Yes, they were Indo-European - a very broad category - but so were the Greeks and Hittites, and the Greeks themselves had several rather different ethnic and cultural groups. All we can sat is that they were diffent, but their name Dardanians doesn't tell us what their specific origins were.
As a trading centre, they would have been culturally influenced and multi-lingual to match the passers-through the Dardanelles strait, on whose payments their wealth was based. And it was this wealth rather than 'much manned Helen' which attracted the 10-year looting expedition of the Achaians (a branch of the Greek peoples).
Who lost The Battle of Hastings?
The battle was fought between Normandy and England. The Norman ruler who engaged in the battle was William the Conqueror and the English king was King Harold II. King Harold II was killed and England lost this battle and Normandy took over rule in 1066, England begrudgingly accepted William as their king.
Where did the Greeks first settle?
The macedonian country was first settled by 3 tribes. The acheans, Ionians, and Aeolis. They came from their countries, Acheae, Aeolis, and Ionia
According to the quote by Xenophon what is the basis for restriction on Athenian women?
according to the quote by xenophon what is the basic for restrictions on athenian women
yes they did. There were two types of boats, cargo ships, and the trireme. Both had disadvantages. The trireme could easily get blown off course, and the cargo ship had to move in a zig-zag pattern, taking twice as long as normal.
Why did Aristotle want Alexander to invade Persia?
There are several:
- To provide the squabbling Greek city states he had tentatively united with a common enemy to focus on;
- To fulfil his dreams and ambitions;
- To gain control of the fabled wealth and power of the Persian Emperor;
- To get revenge for Greek defeats at the hands of the Persians;
- To free Greek cities under Persian control
Why were the Greeks called Hellenes?
The Greeks are also called Hellens as they claim the Greek peoples can tarce themselves back to a mythical King Hellen, who was a son of Prometheus, and who was the father or grandfather of the the first leaders of the groups who became none as the Achaeans (Mycenaeans), Aeolians, Ionains, and Dorians, who entered Greece from about 2000BC to 1000BC, and who in combination with earliers peoples (The Pelasgians) gave it its first Greek Character.
What are the 3 achievements ancient Greeks made?
They gave leadership and impetus in developing politics, architecture, the arts, literature, science and medical practice.
While other peoples had proceded them in these fields and they therefore did not 'invent' the disciplines, and copied the subjects from these others, in a single century they produced a great leap forward which became the preursor to much of what we know and do today.
