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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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Why did the slaves overrun Greece?
The slaves did not overrun Greece. The Greeks were very successful at keeping control of their large slave populations, mainly by having non-Greek slaves.
Why doesnt the US have a direct democracy?
A definition of a direct democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner.
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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Which sentence describes a convention of Classical Greek sculpture?
The sentence that describes a convention of Classical Greek sculpture is figures show a combination of ideal beauty and naturalistic detail and proportion. Classical sculpture refers loosely to the forms of sculpture from ancient Greece andÊancient Rome.Ê
The battle in Mesopotamia in which Alexander the Great defeated the full Persian army 331 B.C.?
The Battle of Gaugamela.
What was the military transport in ancient Greece?
Feet for the infantry and archers, horses for the cavalry, pack horses and wagons for supplies and extra weapons, cargo ships for supplies and warships for the marines.
In a general sense, a Xenophanes is a profound religious figure - derived from the name of Xenophanes of Colophon.
When did education end for most Greek boys?
They were educated by their parents in farming or trades, and this went on until they had acquired the skills in their late teens.
Initially any way - left to right or right to left with succeeding lines down below the previous. For a period it became fashionable to write left to right, and the following line right to left, then left to right etc. Convention finally settled on left to right, which is more natural for a right hander using a stylus or pen. Earlier, when inscribed in stone, that didn't matter, hence the variation.
How do you say thank you in Ancient Greek?
You would use the verb hkn, meaning to acclaim someone. Vowels were not written so we can never know how this word was said.
Which group of people made up the larger part of athnenian society- the male citizens or te slaves?
Which group of people made up the larger part of athnenian society- the male citizens or te slaves?
How did a polis become powerful?
Mainly through commerce. Also important was agriculture and mining of the surrounding area. A strong army was essential and if it was a mother-city (metropolis) so was the colonies.
What do actors wear for a performance?
they wore costumes and some times masks or wigs depending on the play.
What was the role of wine in symposion?
In ancient times in Greece, symposion was a social gathering or party to drink wine. In modern times, a symposium is another name for a business conference or training of some
There were no Greek emperors as there was no Greek empire. The Greek world comprised a myriad of independent city-states.
Some of these city-states from time to time formed defensive leagues, such as the anti-Persian league led by the city-state of Athens, but these had no king or emperor or even centrallised form of government, and so were not empires. Many were subsequently absorbed by the Roman Empire in the west and in the east by Macedonian kingdoms, the latter being in turn taken into the expanding Roman Empire.
There was a Macedonian Empire ruled by Alexander the Great, but the Greeks did not consider Macedonians Greek. There were then Macedonian Kingdoms we now call Hellenistic Kingdoms ruled by Alexander's successors, but they did not call themselves Emperors, and the kings and heirarchy kept themselves quite separate as Macedonians and above their Greek and barbarian subjects. These were the Seleucid kings of Syria, Ptolemaic kings of Egypt and the varied kings of Macedonia and Asia Minor. These kingdoms were absorbed into the Roman Empire.
There were then Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire who, although Greek, called themselves Roman, and when the Western Roman Empire disintegrated, called themselves the Roman Empire (today we call it the Byzantine Empire as its capital was Byzantium) and although they maintained Greek culture, called themselves Romans to the end.
The USA is bigger than Greece. So is Canada, and many other places.
What is Pericles argument in his Funeral Oration?
That Athens had the resources necessary to defeat the Peloponnesian League and would win if the Athenians organised their empire and its resources, and kept their nerve.
What is a true statement with regard to the early history of Greece?
In its early history, Greece was not united because of the isolation that was caused by the mountainous terrain.
Similarities between Ancient Greece and Australian government?
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Who are primitive people in ancient greek?
Anyone who isn't Greek.
That is to say people everywhere who lived in the ancient past all believed they were at the peek of civilization at that time; their culture was best, because they lived in it.
Happens in the modern time, too.
The primary sins were religious crimes and politcal crimes. Civil crimes were delt with by their families.
The Greeks were no different to us - self inerest, self-indulgence, as much as they could get away with.
