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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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How did the ideas of Ancient Greek spread?
Greek philosophy spread after being conquered by the Romans, and then the Romans spread the "improved" Greek ideas around their territory. Sometimes Roman philosophers agreed with the Greeks thoughts, and sometimes they highly disagreed.
How did people at the back of Greek theaters hear the actors?
there were people at the back telling them what they were sayn
They did that through entasis, creating an optical illusion. Normally the columns would seem to become narrower higher up when you were looking up at them. Entasis, a little bulging out in the middle of the column segments made the column appear straight and of uniform width.
What are the differences between ancient Greek and ancient Roman religions?
There was always a range of leaders in both communities - varying from conservative oligarchs ('the few') to radical populists (Greek demagogues, 'leaders of the people'; Roman populares). The essential thing was that they came, with very rare exceptions, from the aristocracy (the 'best people'). As the Greek historian Polybius said about Rome 'although it was a democracy, they always elected the best people'. Basically, a would-be leader turned to the people when his faction was losing in a dispute amongst the aristocrats.
Athens had its oligarchs and demagogues, Rome had its patrician and 'new men' leaders contesting power. There was little different between the approaches and techniques used, and indeed there is little different in the leaders of today.
From what alphabet did the Greeks create their alphabet?
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.
The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
What are the key elements of Greek theatre?
In Greek theatre the actors were all amateurs and non professional also they were all men.
There isn't much talk of acting styles so far. But from what I can gather they used choral work rather than dramatic because of the amphitheatres being so big they had to make sure everyone could at least hear if they could seen. (Amphitheatres normally had about 15,000 people in at a time)
The marketplace of ancient Greece was called agora/ αγορά.
Do chiropractors take hippocratic oath?
Well yes, kinda. There is no law that requires medical student to take the oath upon graduation, Although About 98% of American med. student take an oath of some form. In contrast only about 50% of British students do.
Who was the Persian king that fought against the Greeks at the battles of salamis and Marathon?
The name of the King that was fighting in the battle of the Marathon was Leonidas. I am not sure which King you are talking about, but this is Athens King.
Reality:
Leonidas was not present at Marathon since he is the king of Sparta and they(the spartan army) arrived late for the battle due to a festival. Athens was a democracy so it had no king. The only king that might have been present was the king of Plataea(the only greek city who helped athens) but history seem to have forgotten his name.
Addendum:
True, there were no kings at Marathon. Perhaps the first answerer is confusing it with the fight at Thermopylae ten years later, when the Spartan king Leonidas led the defence of the pass, or the battle of Plataea eleven years later when there were two kings present - Pausanias king of Sparta and Xerxes king of Persia.
What government did Greece have before 8th century bc?
non actually, the 8th century BC didn't even have people there, if your meaning the 8th millennium BC life just started
They were a Greek people who settled in the central Asia Minor coast, the Islands of the Aegean Sea and Attica.
We don't know. Alphabetic writing was not adopted until the first millennium BCE, so what went on in Greece before then we don't really know. However archaeology tells us that there was warfare in the Mycenaean era between city kingdoms in Crete, the Peloponnese, and the Aegean Islands.
From the poets, we have a story of a war against Troy in the 12th Century BCE, but this more likely to have been a coordinated series of pirate raids chasing loot.
Histories began to be written in the the 5th Century BCE, and from this we get the wars of subjection of the Greek cities of western Asia Minor by Cyrus, king of Persiain the second half of the 6th Century BCE.
Who could attend the ancient Greek games?
Men and women could attend greek theater performances but only men could perform, there is some evidence that women and children would go to a different section of the theatres. in some places they might not have been allowed into the theatres at all.
Why were the treaties with Sparta and Persia important to ancient Athens?
The peace treaties with Sparta and Persia in the middle of the 5th century BC were important in that they recognized the Athenian empire and the right of Athens to coerce their allies. The treasury at Delos was moved to Athens and subscriptions paid there became tribute to Athens. This greatly enriched the City of Athens.
Why is Hippocrates the father of medicine?
Hippocrates was a doctor during the times of Ancient Greek. Back then, the doctoring methods were not backed up by research; rather, they were thought up by the same men who thought volcanoes were caused by fire breathing dragons trapped under mountains ;). That is to say, although the Greeks were brilliant people who made many discoveries, they had many theories that were perhaps slightly random. In the field of medicine at that time, for example, if a person came in with a headache, it would not be uncommon for a hole to be drilled in their head as treatment. Or if they had cramps or growing pains, the part of their body that experienced those pains would be "bled out". Well, hippocrates certainly practiced these techniques, but he also made several new, correct discoveries. He is mostly credited with linking food with weight. He was first to suggest that people eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more for a healthy diet. That is mostly why hippocrates is now called the father of medicine.
Why was the city of Alexandria the center of Hellenistic culture?
It was established and endowed by Alexander and became the capital of his general Ptolemy who he left to govern Egypt. After Alexander died, his generals carved up his empire and established their own kingdoms, which because they used Hellenic culture, we call them the Hellenistic kingdoms.
Ptolemy set himself up as king/pharaoh, and Alexandria was a Greek city, with the usual cultural appendages. The Ptolemaic dynasty extended its territory, at various times into Palestine and Greek islands, so Alexandria was a centre of activity and trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, in competition with Seleucid Syria and other transitory regimes in Asia Minor and Greece.
Alexandria also became a center of Hellenic scholarship, learning and development, with its library holding possibly over half a million titles, which were bought, stolen, copied, and provided the basis for this knowledge revolution.
What cultures are represented in the cultural blend of Hellenistic culture?
The main, core culture is Hellenic, Greek, especially that of Athens.The language is the Coene / Koine Greek, whose most famous document is the Christian bible, especially the New testament (Old tastement in the translation of the 70, from Hebrew). The Koine dialect is an amalgam of several Greek dialects but its core is Attic, the Greek dialect of Athens, with infusions of Macedonian (Northwest Greek), Aeolian, Ionian and even Doric. Depending on the area, several other cultures mixed with the core Hellenic to produced new, different Hellenictic cultures. In India and Afghanistan the local hellenic populations become aquainted with Buddhism, while in Alexandria and the rest of Egypt hey come close to the Egyptian pantheon. Serapis, a mix of Hermes and osiris was the most widespred of the new Gods, and not only in Egypt. Greeks also become aquainted with Iranian (Mithra) and Hebrew (Monotheistic) Gods, and the Great Mother / Cybele cult from Asia Minor spreads throughout the Hellenistic world. Sanskrit and Aramaic along with Egyptian Demotic become widely used (depending on the area, along with the official Koine Greek. In Art, Hellenic sculpture, mosaic making and painting spread through the then known world, leaving its imprint in later Roman and Indian and even in far Eastern (China, Japan, the sculptural depiction of Buddha, Buddhist wall paintings in Tibet and among the Tocharians in Xinjiang, etc) sculpture, in areas where the Greeks themselves (Alexander the Great, foremost) never even visited.
In ancient Greece a ruler who gained power by force was called a?
The kings, then the Tyrants. See the list Greek Tyrants in the separate panel Sources and related links: below.
What Greek activities were important to Greek economics?
Mainly tourism, agriculture and trade. Also minor industry.
