Ancient Greece

There was no ancient Greek empire. Greece (Hellas) was a large number of independent city-states spread from Sicily to the Black Sea, sometimes grouped into mutual-defence leagues. There was a brief-lived Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great (late 4th Century BCE), which on his death split into Hellenistic kingdoms ruled by dynasties established by his generals (Egypt, Syria, Macedon, etc) after his death. These lasted until progressively absorbed into the expanding Roman Empire in the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE .

The ancient Greeks lived in homes built from brick, clay or mud. Each home was built around a courtyard to give the women a place to spend their time.

They certainly did. It has even been argued that Greek society could not have functioned without slave labour. In Athens more than half of the population were slaves in the Classical period, and it has been argued that citizens simply would not have had the time to participate in democracy if they did not have slaves to look after their businesses for them while they went to assemblies, served as councillors, etc. Thus, strange as it may seem, without slavery democracy may have never happenned!

Meanwhile, in Laconia, the men of Sparta conquered the surrounding country (called Messenia) and enslaved its population (they are referred to as 'Helots'). These Helots acted as Sparta's primary workforce and allowed the citizens to devote themselves to the defence and maintenance of the state. The Helots revolted several times throughout Spartan history and, unusually, were allowed to own property, including slaves of their own!

Greeks learned to plant on hill sides and fish for food.

The ancient Greeks believed that every day, Apollo, the god of the sun, would ride a chariot a across the sky, pulling the sun behind him.

It depended on the different forms of government for different city-states at different times. There was monarchy (heriditary kings), oligarchy (aristocracies), tyranny (compromise governors to control the aristocrats), democracy (the citizens in assembly making the decisions).

Socrates was important in Ancient Greece because he taught people and raised many philosophical questions.

Some of the sports played in Ancient Greece included discus-throwing, wrestling, and long-jumping.

The geography of Greece affected the city-states in a multitude of ways. This list is not exhaustive, but mentions several important ways that the geography affected the City-States:

1) Minimal Land Travel: The Greek Mainland (Thrace, Epirus, Boetia, Attica, and the Peloponnesus) is among the most mountainous and hilly land in all of Europe, making land travel between the city-state minimal. It also directed their efforts away from expanding their influence primarily over land and explains why non-coastal regions of Greece took the longest to develop.

2) Marine Travel and Naval Strength: Most of the city-states were relatively close to the water, especially those found on Crete, Cyprus, the Dodecanese Islands, or Cycladic Islands. Greek city-states favored marine travel which was more reliable and cost-effective than land travel. As a result, many city-states had strong navies as opposed to having strong armies. (Sparta is the one major exception to that rule.)

3) Chronic Disunity: Because of the prevalence of strong navies, the difficulty of land travel, and the presence of many invasion choke-points (the most famous being Thermopylae), the Greek city-states were never completely unified until Alexander the Great conquered them all. (Sparta did defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War, but only held onto that victory for a very short time. In addition, Sparta never expanded its power into Boetia or over the Cycladic Islands - which would have been the next logical places to expand.)

4) Pastoralism and Fishing: The mountainous terrain made growing crops very difficult. The two crops that the Greeks were able to cultivate were olives and wheat, but wheat was much more difficult to maintain than the olives. This forced Greeks to resort to pastoralism (primarily animal-based agriculture) and they raised goats, sheep, and pigs. As a result, there was a lot of dairy and meat in the Greek diet relative to contemporaneous civilizations (although significantly less than today). In addition, because of the access to the sea, Greek cuisine included vast amounts of shellfish, mollusks, and proper fishes.

Because it made itself the leader of the Greek resistance against the Persian invasions under the kings Darius and later, Xerxes. By winning important land and sea battles against them and finally driving the Persians off and beating them in Asia Minor as well, founding several colonies of their own, they became the major power in ancient Greece.

The army would accept recruits betwen the ages of eighteen and twenty-five.

The majority of ancient Greece was a mountainous region not suitable for economies based on large-scale agriculture. (Note that Spartan society in Peloponnesus was an exception to this generalization and was based on a strong agricultural economy.) However, ancient Greece had abundant coastline in the Mediterranean that made it an ideal center for a trade-based economy. In later years, the economies of some city-states (such as Athens) relied more on trade than agriculture, which was the traditional economic base for ancient societies.

In honor of Zeus, games were held. Crowds of all kinds of people (everyone who was interested) would gather to watch games such as discus-throwing, longjump, and running.

"Every fourth year between 776 BC and AD 395, the Olympic Games, held in honour of the god Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology, attracted people from across Greece. Crowds watched sports such as running, discus-throwing and the long-jump."

Contest in ancient Rome were held in the places that suited them. The chariot races were held in the Circus, the gladiatorial contests were held in an arena and the poetry contests were held in a theater.

so that if the girls walked by the would be impressed

Tyrants were generaally wealthy landowners who were brought to power by the lower classes who had become tired of being held down and exploited by the oligarchs (small number of aristocrats) ruling the city-states. The tyrant was put in sole charge on the understanding that he ruled to the general good. They were vilified by those who had been replaced and today the word has a bad meaning. To the majority of people who got a fair deal from them they were a godsend.

It influenced later civilians because if it wasn't for their Greek minds to come up wit h Boxing, Wrestling, Chariot Racing, Riding, Pankration, or Pentathlon then more than likely - we wouldn't know what that is. Therefore, Greece has gave us more than an idea, they hhave gave us the whole game, we just added some ideas here and there. & That is how those specific sports have came to be. More than an inference, there is more.

Well, honey, there's just one city in the US that ends in "polis," and that's Indianapolis. So, if you're looking for other cities with that ending, you're out of luck. But hey, at least now you know where to find all the Hoosiers!

There were many Greek gods, all with their own purpose. The main ones included:

Zeus - King of the gods and god of the sky and lightning.

Hera - Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and women

Hades - Brother to Zeus and god of the underworld and death

Poseidon - Brother to Zeus and god of the sea

Hestia - Sister to Zeus and goddess of the hearth

These other gods and goddesses were children of Zeus: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Hermes.

Before these Greek Gods, there were the Titans, including Cronus, who fathered Zeus and his siblings.

to answer this question we have to know the difference between knowledge and wisdom. wisdom is different from knowledge. wisdom has a divine aspect, and it can be attained only if the Almighty showers upon anyone. Knowledge can be gained through reading, education etc........ wisdom once attained will definitely profit in the attainment of liberation.

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The book Politics was written by the Greek philosopher Aristotle.

Rugged geography creates mountains which makes transportation more difficult in Greece which leads to difficulties in communication while the mountains separate them from each other.

Pisistratus gained the support of the poor, rural people by establishing wise land laws.