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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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Why were city-states formed in Ancient Greece?
When the Greek nomadic tribes seized land to settle on and become agricultural, the tribes took patches of river plains surrounded by mountains, establishing a citadel and then a city as the centre of the tribal patch. A city defended its territory from others, and so the independent city-state became the basis of the Greek world. When the cities sent out their growing surplus population which could not be sustained a city's limited land, they in turn seized a patch of land around the Mediterranean and more cities grew up, eventually numbering a couple of thousand.
What helped to unite the separate city-states of ancient Greece?
The two Persian Greek wars of 490 BCE and 480 BCE when the Persians invated Greece and brought all the city states together who finally won both wars. The third war was the Greek - Persian one where the Greeks invated Persia under Alexander III the Macedon who later was given the name "The Great". During that war the Achaemenid Empire was conquered.
Why were ancient Greeks isolated from each other?
greek communities were often separated by mountains or other natural barriers which led to isolationism. thus, greek communities had individual governments and unique customs which led to separate identities and inhibited unity. also the greek city-states were frequently at war with each other which led to an even greater distrust of foreigners. in addition until Philip II greece had never been unified by one government.
What were the rewards for the ancient Greek Olympics?
Winners received a laurel wreath and an olive branch and often quite a bit of money up to 500 drachmas, a vase of olive oil and possibly even food for life. They were the ancient sports heroes. Sculptors would create statues of them, some of which still survive today.
What is an open place used as a meeting place or a market?
The agora is the open area used for a market place and a place for politics or business.
Who wrote about geography during the greco-romin age?
Most of the ancient geographers in the Roman days were Greek. The most important ones were Strabo (Greek, 64/63 BC - ca. 24 AD) who wrote famous the 17-volume work Geographica, which was a descriptive the history of geography and ethnography of the peoples of the then known world; Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 AD - c. 168 AD) a Greek-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet from Alexandria, who wrote a Geographia which collected what was known about geography in his time; Pliny The Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus, Roman, 23 AD - 79 AD) who wrote the Naturalis Historia (Natural History) which was an encyclopaedia which collected much of the knowledge of his time, including geography; and Pausanias(Greek, 110 AD-180 AD) who was famous for his Description of Greece, a lengthy and detailed description of ancient Greece based on his travels which included obscure facts.
Other geographers were: Pomponius Mela (Roman, wrote in the 40s AD), Isidorus Characenus (Greek, all that is known about him is his name and that he wrote one work,) Marinus of Tyre (Greek, active in 10-150 AD), Agathodaemon (Greek , he was designer of some of the maps in Ptolemy's Geographia), Dionysius of Byzantium (Greek, 2nd century AD), Agathemerus(Greek, believed to have lived in the 3rd century AD), Alypius of Antioch (Roman, 4th century AD) Marcian of Heraclea(Greek 4th century AD, a minor geographer, and Julius Honorius (Roman, an important teacher of geography, it is uncertain when he leaved, estimated between late 4th - mid-6th century.
The early philisophers (Leukippus and Democritus) 2500 years ago couldnt prove that atoms existed, and people had not discovered the study of matter yet. The idea of Greeks was genial but is only a philosophical suppostion, only that.
- Dalton combined the idea of elements with the earlier history of the atom, and the chemical and physical knowledge from 1800.
What are three other professions or positions Sophocles held in greek society?
hunters
farmers
workers
How did Greeks discover natural laws?
They had very smart scientists but no tools. They figured it out by instead of trying to make life easier they were trying to get more knoledge...................................
YOU GOTTA TRUST ME ON THIS ONE
Which quality of ancient greek monsters does the cyclops embody?
He lives in the wilderness.
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He has an unnatural appearance.
What ceremony did boys go through before before becoming men in ancient Greece?
It was different in different cities. In Sparta, the youth had to kill a helot with his bare hands.
What was daily life like for the Greeks when Xerxes was attacking?
Crowded. They moved from their farms into the cities.
Athens sent its families to board in other cities, abandoned their city and took to the sea to fight.
Herodotus's full name is simply Herodotus. Herodotus was born in 425 BC and is known as the Father of History.
OATH:
"I swear . . . that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture [contract]. . . . I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing."
BACKGROUND ON OATH:
The Greeks excelled in medicine. Hippocrates (hip·AHK·ruh·teez), who lived between about 460 B.C. and about 377 B.C., is considered to be the founder of medical science. Many historians believe that Hippocrates wrote between 60 and 70 medical studies. These studies were based on observation, experiment, and experience and helped to collect medical knowledge in a usable form. Hippocrates taught that disease comes from natural causes, not as punishment from the gods. He believed that rest, fresh air, and a proper diet made the best cures. Hippocrates's ideals were passed along to other Greek physicians. Doctors who were trained in Hippocrates's methods accepted his philosophy that medical treatment should be based on reason, rather than on magic. Today, medical doctors still take the Hippocratic oath. They pledge to follow a code of ethics based on Hippocrates's teachings.
This was an agreement that the remaining greek city-states would help each other?
The anti-Persian league which we call today the Delian League because its war chest was held on the island of Delos.
What does Egypt mean in Greek?
It doesnt mean anything, is the greek pronuniation (αίγυπτος-egyptos) for "Hwt-ka-Ptah" (Ht-ka-Ptah, or Hout-ak Ptah) an early name for the egyptians used for their country.
