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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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When was the founding of Thebes?
The fifteenth (15th) century B.C.E. may have been the founding date of Thebes.
Specifically, Theban King Thersander is a Trojan War contemporary if not Trojan horse participant. He is Polyneices' son, King Oedipus' grandson, King Laius' great-grandson, King Labdacus' great-great-grandson, King Polydorus' great-great-great-grandson and Founder King Cadmus' great-great-great-great-grandson. Let us give each of these individuals an age of 25-30 when they become fathers and let us accept the dates of 1194 B.C.E. - 1184 B.C.E. as the years of the Trojan War. We therefore end up with a range of 155-210 years before the war by multiplying 25-30 years by seven individuals. This in fact agrees with the Mycenean Age (1600 B.C.E. - 1100 B.C.E.) dating of artifacts at the Thebes archaeological site.
What were NOT roles of the assemblies of the Greek City-States?
The assemblies of different cities had different roles at different times. The most radical one in later 5th Century Athens comprised all adult male citizens and had authority over all maters - the council implemented its decisions.
What was the economic development of ancient Greece?
According to modern research, specially by Ian Morris, in his paper Economic Growth in Ancient Greece and by Morgen Herman Hanser demographic studies on the total population of the ancient Greek polis civilization show that ancient Greece experienced significant economic growth and development, by pre-industrial standards.
From the 8th century BCE to the 4th century BCE, the median size of houses floor plans excavated from the ruins of ancient greek cities increased from 45-50 square meters to 230 square meters. While the number of shipwrecks found and dated in the mediterranean sea continuously increased from th 8th century BCE to the 4th.
Ancient Greek cities had developed sophisticated economic institutions for the time, as money entered in general use in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, while banking and other commercial institutions flourished in Athens by the 5th century BCE. Trade was very important for the Ancient Greek economy, as Hansen suggested that half of the total food consumption of the Greek mainland was satisfied by imports.
What city state is known for its powerful navy?
This role changed over time. Athens was greatest until Persia bankrolled the Peloponnesian League to build a strong navy which defeated the Atheenians at Aigospotamai in 405 BCE.
What is the opposite of a city-state?
The opposite of a city-state is a small town, i.e. part of a larger state or country.
A city-state was a relatively small autonomous governmental unit in ancient Greece.
What are the two famous cities in early Greece?
Athens and Sparta because they were the most dominate.
When did Greek civilisation begin?
it began in 700bc but then later on in 776bc the Olympics started but only men could enter as u had to play naked lol
Did the democracy of Greek city-states limit that no women or slaves could vote?
Yes that's what they use to stop chaos or bad decisions
Who were the first people to use a catapult?
medieval people
This is a device to throw a projectile a great distance, the word comes from Latin Catapulta, which in turn come from the Greek language. The mechanism comes from Greece, about the lst Century BC
How did most Greek tragedies happen?
They were written as an inter-connected series of three plays staged on the same day one after the other. The objective was to provide a moral lesson. They were followed by a rambunctious satyr play and then a comedy to clear peoples' minds before going home.
What were two of the biggest Greek city states?
Athens, Sparta, Thebes and Macedon. Macedon was the largest during Alexander's short reign.
Why can't women in ancient Greece study science?
Women were used to run the home and bear and raise children, and kept in virtual purdah, getting out occasionally for women's religious festivals. It was very much a male dominated society. There were a few exceptions - Spartan women had a degree of equality, but not politically.
How did the rise to power and reign of Alexander most affect greec?
Alexander unified Greece in a way they had never previous been united. It was under his rule that the world began looking at the people of the region as a single people rather than identifying them by their city or region (i.e. Greeks as apposed to Athenias, Atticans or Achaeans).
Greeks told myths to explain events they did not understand, and because myths were their religion.
