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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 are 3 famous Greek leaders and two of their accomplishments?
King Lionatoas King of sparta, Alexander The Great although macadonan he conciterd himself a greek Spartan general Lysander put an end to the Peloponnesian War
What geographic features kept the Greek city-states from uniting initially?
Greek tribes settled on patches of fertile land amongst the mountains and formed independent city-states.
Darius.
When did the Greeks disappear?
The Greeks never disappeared, they still live in Greece today! They lost their independence over 2000 years ago when they were conquered by the Romans; later they had their own Empire, the Byzantine Empire, which was later conquered by the Turks. In the 19th century, they regained their independence.
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Which views and actions of pericles might have been considered suprising to people of his time?
the answer is that is they all way fight in war and allwayb pratice and that the answer:)
What are two ways Philip II gained control of Greek city-states?
First bribery (he said he could take any city as long as there was a path up which he could drive a donkey loaded with gold).
Second, by defeating them on the battlefield with his superior phalanx and cavalry.
Who is the sixth century BC Greek who explored for Persia?
Scylax of Caryanda was a Greek navigator in the late sixth century BCE who explored the coast of the Indian Ocean for the Persian Empire.
What is the connection of drama and the greek god dionysus?
Because Dionysus introduced theatre into ancient Greece
What similarities did ancient china and ancient Greece have?
food homes and life and of corse chikens
What games did ancient greek children play?
They played a game similar with todays marbles.
Also the played with little wooden or stone sculptures of horses, chariots etc.
Dolls were dated in the start of greek civ (5.5 thousand years ago) during the Cycladic civ. The maskots of the 2004 Olymipc games were that first dolls that were found in the Aegean sea dated 3500-3000 years old.
The ancient Greeks worshiped the sea god Poseidon What does this tell you about Greek civiliztion?
Greeks lived in isolated communities.
What is black and white but red all over?
1. A penguin with a sunburn.
2. A newspaper. (It is read all over.)
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What are the 3 types of ancient greek poetry?
The three important variations of Greek writing were the Greek alphabet (uppercase), the Uncial Script, and the Greek minuscule script (lowercase).
Ionia is a small town located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Ionia is located directly between the capitol, Lansing and Grand Rapids.
An aulos is any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes.
Was the end of the Persian invasion soon after the sea battle at Salamis?
The Greek city-states assembled their armies at Plataia the following year (479 BCE) and defeated the Persian army and its Greek allies.
Simultaneously the Greek fleet wiped out the remaining Persian fleet holed up at Mykale in Asia minor.
That was the end of the invasion.
A good way to get an impression of the life, beliefs etc of ancient Greeks is to read Phaedo and the Republic from Plato and Homer's epics Iliad and Odyssey. There are many great translations you can choose from. Also, ancient greek (theatrical) plays from Aristophanes and the 3 greats of tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides).
Did Sparta or Athens have two kings?
im pretty sure Sparta did but i don't know about Athens i know people in Athens could vote but i remember looking it up and Athens did still have kings take it from me the ATHENS GEEK!
