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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 religion did Greece and Rome have in common?
Polytheism. This means many gods, one for each aspect of life. They both had a high god - Romans had Jupiter (a development from Janus - Janus-pater, ie Janus the Father, later corrupted to Jupiter). Greeks had Zeus. The two religions recognised that their gods, even though they had different names, were the same, and gave them due respect. It was not until the advent of Judaism and its offshoots Christianity and Islam that religious differences became significant, claiming supremacy, and war and killings in the name of religion emerged.
At which battle did the Athenians defeat the Persians at sea?
At the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE a fleet of southern Greek city states severely defeated the Persian fleet causing it to retire back to Mycale, where it was eliminated the following year.
The Athenian navy formed a significant part of the Greek fleet led by Sparta.
Why did Spata and Athens have war?
Sparta did not initiate the Persian Wars. Sparta was very conservative about wars, relying on its reputation to avoid wars. It had problems in keeping down a restive serf population and didn't need extra problems if they could be avoided.
The Persian Wars began when the Greek cities of Asia Minor revolted against Persian rulership. Athens and Eretria intervened, and after the rebellion was put down, Persia turned on Eretria and Athens in mainland Greece, for helping the rebellious cities. This attempt failed at the Battle of Marathon and Persia decided that the only way to keep the peace was to bring all the Greek cities into its empire, where it could control them.
Persia bribed some of these cities into compliance, then invaded to subject the rest. A consortium of Greek city-states combined to oppose this invasion, including Sparta and Athens.
Which Greek city state was most militaristic?
Sparta is the Greek city-state best known for having a military society. Known best for the heroic, yet losing fight at Thermopylae of their 300 Spartan warriors under King Leonidas against 100,000+ Persians, while Athens is known for the Acropolis and other monuments, Sparta's only monument is the enduring valor of that battle.
What colours did ancient greek people use?
they wore particularly bright colors like red,orange,yellow,and green
The Greeks won the battle of salamis because of their ships what?
They conned the Persians into splitting their fleet, then enticed them into the narrow waters between Salamis and Athens, where they again had to split their fleet and advance through the narrow chanels with exposed flanks. In this, the smaller more manoeuverable Greek ships were able to outmanoeuvre the heavier Persian ships.
Why did ancient Greeks fight each other?
For the same reason we have conflict any where else -- humans are imperfect and sinful beings and so don't always get along. There is always somebody trying to take advantage of somebody else.
What kind of clothing did girls wear in ancient Greece?
greek babies often wore nothing at all. but sometimes they wore a cloth diaper. and if it was cold, of course theyd be wrapped up more.
Did the Greeks take over rome?
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When did the Persians destroy Athens?
Athens was evacuated without a fight in 480 BCE as the Persians advanced. A small foce of diehards on the Acropolis was captures, the remainder fought alongside the other southern Greek forces in the navy and army.
They reoccupied their city after the Persian defeat in 479 BCE and rebuilt the destroyed and looted parts. They also built better walls to defend the city and its port, which came in good stead not against Persians but rather the other Greek cities in the Peloponnesian War fifty years later.
There are four famous ancient Greek playwrights. Sophocles is the most famous writer of tragedies; his Oedipus Rex is one of the world's most famous plays. Euripides is also a very famous tragedian who wrote several plays including Hippolytus, Bacchae, Alcestis and one of his most famous, Medea. Aeschylus was a third famous tragedian. The most famous comic writer was Aristophanes, famous for his plays The Birds and The Frogs and the utterly hilarious and still topical Lysistrata.
Why did ancient Macedonia conquer the rest of Greece?
It's ambitious king Philip II, by a mixture of conquest, bribery and political deals, established dominance of the Greek world. After his assassination, his son Alexander took over his father's project of conquering the Persian Empire.
Which was an important contribution of the ancient Greek astronomers?
The Greeks provided the general foundation for observational astronomy in western cultures. The western hemisphere uses their names and mythology for constellations (for the most part).
The Greeks also observed planetary motion, naming them after the gods.
Aristotle, a greek philosopher, laid down various tenets about the natural world that were studied and upheld for nearly two thousand years before the rise of modern science demonstrated them as inadequate and inaccurate.
Most cultures have their own constellations, observations and mathematics that overlap the Greeks. However the Greek ties with Rome, and the rise of the Roman Empire made their contributions the most prominent in the western hemisphere.
The Greeks, by observing the earths shadow on the moon, and way ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean, determined that the earth was round. One significant contribution that Greeks provided was observations by Aristarchus (~300 BC) estimated (fairly accurately) the diameter of the earth by using shadows cast down a well in two different cities.
What were the ancient Greek names for the nine original planets?
Mercury - Greek = Hermes, the messenger of the gods - older name was Stilbon, the gleaming
Venus - Greek = Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, older name was Phosphoros, bringer of light
Earth - Greek = Gaia, mother earth
Mars - Greek = Ares, the god of war, also known as Areos aster, star of Ares
Jupiter - Greek = Zeus, king of gods
Saturn - Greek = Kronos, the god of agriculture
The names we use now are all Roman in origin except Uranus and Earth, but the naming conventions were maintained with the more recently discovered planets.
Uranus - Greek, god of the heavens
Neptune - Greek = Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Pluto - Greek = Hades, the god of the underworld
Who are the Greek Goddess and Gods of Olympus?
Zeus- king is the gods, lord of the sky
Poseidon- brother of Zeus, god of the sea, Earth-shaker
Hades-brother of Zeus, god of the dead
Demeter- goddess of summer, crops and nature
Athena- goddess of wisdom and battle
Apollo- god of healing and music, and the sun
Artemis- virgin goddess of hunting and the moon
Aphrodite- goddess of love
Hephaestus- god of forging and metal work
Ares- god of war
Hermes- messenger of the gods, god of travellers, thieves, performers etc.
Dionysus- god of wine
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What color clothing did the ancient Greeks wear for comedy?
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Who are the major Greek gods and goddesses?
- Zeus- king of the gods and lord of the sky
- Poseidon- god of the sea
- Hades- god of the Underworld
- Athena- goddess of war strageties and skills, wisdom, and handicrafts.
- Ares- god of violent and bloody war
- Hera- goddess of marriage, family, and children
- Artemis- goddess of The Hunt, the moon and children (especially preteen girls). Twin to Apollo.
- Apollo- god of the sun, music, healing, prophecy, and poetry. Twin to Artemis.
- Dionysus- god of wine
- Aphrodite- goddess of love and beauty.
- Hephaestus- god of fire and blacksmiths
- Hermes- god of messengers and thieves
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades are the top three gods. The rest are the Olympians, and there are dozens of other minor gods (Nike was the goddess of victory, Hestia is the goddess of the home, hearth, and fertility, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow, etc.).
What jobs do ancient Greeks gods have?
All the gods will still be the same, except maybe we'll have a god of the Internet, or goddess of You Tube. Read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians if you want to know about modern day Greek Gods
Was the strictly ruled military state Sparta or Athens?
Both were strictly ruled - Sparta was a limited democracy, Athens for a time became a radical democracy. Spartan citizens devoted their time to military training as they had a serf population to support them, Athenians did part-time military training only as they had to earn a living.
What was Hippocrates famous for?
Hippocrates is referred to as the father of western medicine. His oath, the Hippocratic Oath is taken by all western medical professionals. In it they promise to provide quality care, and first of all to do no harm to their patients.
Who ruled the Persian Empire after the Persian War started?
At present Iran is the present day Persia and many Iranis identify themselves as Persians. The country has two leasers:
- The Supreme Leader who appoints the head of the judiciary, military leaders, the head of radio and TV and Friday prayer leaders. He also confirms the election of Iran's president. The present holder of the position is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was appointed for life in June 1989
- The President, Hassan Rouhani who was elected in June 2013, winning just over 50% of the vote.
Who was not considered to be a philosopher in Greek society?
In Greece of ancient times, many great philosophers existed. That did not mean that ordinary people did not also exist. Not all were Aristotles and Platos.
Did ancient Greeks have restaurants?
In ordinary peasant houses the fireplace was bricked around on three sides and placed either in the roofless kitchen or outside in a courtyard, many people also had a clay oven for baking bread. Cooking inside an enclosed room would have been extremely hot, smelly and smoky so it would not have been sensible.
Fuel was most often dried dung (both animal and human) because of the shortage of suitable wood in Egypt; dried grass, brushwood and vegetable waste were also burned.
