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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 did Persia defeat to win its independence?
Cyrus II led a Persian revolt against the Medes. His revolt was successful. Cyrus won independence for Persia/
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Why was Hypnos important to ancient Greeks?
Hypnos was the god of sleep. Sleep is important to human health.
Why was there so much conflict in the Balkans in the 1900s?
The conflicts in the Balkans during the 20. century are a complicated issue: emerging nations, the fall of the Ottoman Empire around at the same time as the Austria-Hungary Empire, and the enormous interest bigger powers have shown in this region, and are still showing today. A very good book on the issue is "Black lamb grey falcon' by Rebecca West.
What happened to Athens in 404 bc and why?
The Peloponesion War ends and Athens falls so Sparta takes over.
What inference could you make about women in ancient Greece using at least two ancient sources?
They had no political rights, were kept in purdah running the home, getting out only for the odd women's religious festival (see Aristophanes The Assemblywomen).
They were widely denigrated by their male overlords. (Aristophanes The Poet and the Women typically Scene 2).
What were the Greek city states who rose up to regain indepenence?
After the Macedonian takeover, on Philip's death Thebes took the opportunity to revolt. Alexander quickly put them down and sold the people into slavery as an example to the other city-states not to try it.
Who were the two Persian leaders who tried to conquer Greece?
Darius I sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens in 490 BCE. When this failed at Marathon, he determined to beinf all of peninsular Greece into his empire to stop the cities there interfering in the Greek cities already in his empire and breaking its peace. He died before he could execute this plan.
His son Xerxes I took over this mission invading in 480-479 BCE. It failed after defeats at Salamis, Plataia and Mykale.
Who was the father of medicine who invented hygiene?
Hippocrates is usually considered to be the father of western medicine. While he recognized the value of hygiene, he did not invent it.
Sparta faced threats from without and within the city-state who posed these threats?
It changed over time. Initially it faced a challenge for superiority in the Peloponnese, with its main rival Argos. Then it became Athens' empire, and then Macedonia. There was also the threat of internal uprisings by its serf population.
Why did Demosthenes fail was it good or bad?
Demosthenes led Athenians against the advance of PHilip II of Macedon, but failed to rally the
other city-states to join the fight, and eventually all of Greece fell to the Macedonian. Some
city-states, remembering the Delian League, may have been reluctant to support Athens. They
may have felt that Athens would once again take control of them if they were able to defeat
disarray that followed the Peloponnesian War, may have believed that the best option would be
Greece unified, but under the umbrella of a strong foreign power, rather than one of their own
small states. It s easy to argue that the failure of Demosthenes to manage the defeat of Philip
was for the best. After all, the result was Alexander, the expansion of Greece, and the
prosperity that brought and spread Hellenistic culture. The alternative would seem to be a
group of small city-states impoverished by war with a power such as Macedon, with a unity that
would eventually fail from infighting and the struggle to become a unified power with a unique
culture, it is doubtful that it would have had the depth and influence of the Hellenistic era
created by Demosthenes' failure.
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No. The Spartans defeated about 500,000 Persians along with about 1,700 Greeks. Later on in the war, they withdrew to defend Sparta and lost the war.
The Spartans alone did not fight or defeat Persians and Persian allies. Many Greek city states allied and defeated Persians in land and sea battles in two separate wars.
The only Greek defeat from the most famous battles in the two separate Persian invasions was in Thermopylae. And even then, few thousand Greeks died, including plus or minus 300 Spartans, while it is believed more than 20,000 Persians and their allies that included many Greeks, died in Thermopylae. So it was an honorable defeat.
How did Sparta destroy countryside around Athens?
they died in the late 8th centery it was awsome i was there :D
