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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.
10,833 Questions
What were they fighting over in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens had turned the league of Greek cities which was established to defend against Persia into an empire and when the Persian threat subsided, used the revenue for its own aggrandisement and to further its own interests. Other cities objected and turned to Sparta for leadership.
There were several inter-city disputes bubbling and Corinth and other cities pressed Sparta to intervene. The final straw was Athens banning Megara from trade within the Athenian empire, which wpould have ruined it. Sparta asked Athens to relent, which was refused and war was declared.
What is the city where the Greeks defeated the Persians and gave us the name of the running race?
Not a city - the Plain of Marathon.
What elements united Greece during the classical era?
a common enemy being the Persians in which they united armies to fight a common enemy
What were two types of early greek literature and what were they about?
There were fables, lyrical poems, epics, and other literature types in ancient Greece. Fables were short stories that taught a lesson. Aesop wrote many fables that we still read and enjoy today. Lyrical poems were poems set to music. Epics were extremely long poems that told a story. Homer wrote the Iliad, an epic about the Trojan War, and the Odyssey, an epic about the adventures of Oddyseus.
Why was the fifth centry BC a remarkable time in ancient greek history?
because it was the time in which they earned their freedom.
What type of ruling did Athens have?
Athens is a very old city. I the time before the Roman Empire it was one of many states and each state would have one larger city and a few small town. That's that it was like for most of Europe around that time. Each state would have a leader who had inherited the leader position names for these leader are varied but it was the same job. Be it they where called a King a Governor a Clan Chief a Lord, etc...
In the days of the Roman Empire Athens was just one of many cities under Roman rule and so it would have been ruled by a Governor appointed by the Emperor of Rome at the time.
What was the legacy of the Greeks to the western civilization?
The most outstanding legacy of the ancient Greeks to modern western civilization was in the area of philosophy and political philosophy. The latter can be best illustrated by the writings of Plato.
Who is the meanest army in the world?
either the Spartans or the Draconians, and the mongols united under Ghengiz worth consideration.
Why did'NT the Greeks measure things with a ruler instead of creating construction?
because no construction literally means no buildings and houses and rulers are just nah
Why couldn't the Greeks hold the pass at Thermopylae?
They did hold it for three days, to force a sea battle against the Persians. When the Persians won the sea battle, the Pass had no further use, and the Greek force was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents stayed holding the pass to let the other city contingents escape.
What is a Fortress called in Greece?
It is called "KASTRO" and it is pronounced exactly like "Fidel Castro".
How does the expression brains over brawn apply to the final Greek victory over Persia at sea?
The Greeks decided to lure the Persian fleet into the closed waters between the island of Salamis and the mainland, where they had to break their battle formation, split to go on either side of the island of Psyttalia, and so were vulnerable to the flank attacks by the Greek fleet lying in wait.
They were also persuaded that the Greeks were going to try to flee through the back passage from the strait, and detached the large Egyptian part of their fleet to cover it, so reducing the numbers of their ships to parity with the Greeks.
They were also persuaded that the Athenian contingent might defect to them, and sat at oars outside the entrance all night, and so were exhausted by the morning of the battle.
In these ways, the odds were swung heavily in favour of the Greeks.
What common threat united the independent Greek city states?
The Persians tried to impose peace on the Greek city-states in the first half of the 5th Century BCE, in order to stop their habitual warfare spilling over and destabilising their empire. However they failed and the Greek cities went back to fighting amongst each other.
The Greeks used to always ride wagons ALL DAY MFER!!
Why was democracy developed in Athens and not Sparta?
Sparta already had a limited democracy - it had to consult its citizens who formed the army and would not fight if they didn't have a say in military and political decisions.
Athens developed its democracy after several false starts to throw off the oppression of its oligarchs who tried to keep the citizens under tight control and manipulate its resources to their own benefit.
Is it important to rest the mind during leisure time or to improve the mind during leisure time?
Improving the mind is not leisure, it is duty. We need down time devoted to pleasure and relaxation, not duty.
