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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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Who could be citizens?

The sons of citizens who could establish their status/descent before their tribal assembly, from the age of 18.

What was a duty of Greek oracles?

Those approaching them expected them to give guidance to solve a problem. Those who had the oracle made a profit from the offerings presented by the applicants. The owners also kept spies to advise what the situation of the applicant city-state was, and so tailor the answer, but always in a fashion that could be interpreted in different ways, so that it covered any of a range of likely outcomes.

When did Aesop live?

Aesop is believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BC. His fables have been passed down through generations and continue to be popular today.

Why did the Greeks fight a war against the Persion Empire?

Persia was attempting to include the Greek cities within its empire to stabilise its borders. The Greek citiy-states objected.

How did Greece people live?

they lived real cruel and unusual their laws were really messed up

What sea were most Greek city states by?

They were located by the Aegean Sea or the Sea of Italy to the west and east of the Greek peninsula. (basically Mediterranean sea)

Which Greek thinkers discovered the value of pi?

None because the exact value of pi has never been finally figured out and that all we know is that when the circumference of a circle is divided by its diameter that it is the value of pi which has been worked out to billions and billions of decimal places and still its exact value remains undiscovered.

Did Ancient Poor Greece farmers have wells?

yes they did because all Greeks had wells at their houses

At the battle of Thermopylae what did Leonidas do after he dismissed his troops?

He kept the Spartan and Thespian troops to hold the pass until the other city contingents could get away to safe cities, thus stopping the Persian cavalry breaking through and riding them down.

What happened in 508 bc in ancient Greece?

Certain people in Greece are teaching that the earth is ball-shaped and not a flat disc. Greece begins the fifty- year war with the Persians