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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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Where did the running games take place in the ancient Olympics?
On a track at the temple of Zeus at Olympia in Elis in southern Greece.
Did the Ancient Greeks fight over natural resources?
Yes.
The biggest resource was land. Mostly small farmers on subsistence blocks of land too small to divide amongst several sons, extra land was necessary. The taking of land from others either gained more land or caused casualties which reduced the population or both.
The initial Greek takeover of mainland Greece from the previous inhabitants provided land, which various city states took for themselves. When all the land was taken, inter-city fights redrew boundaries. When this game was played out, the cities turned to external sources, sending out colonies to the Aegean islands, Italy, Sicily, Gaul, north Africa, Asia Minor and southern Russia. The Greek world spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
The colonies incidentally allowed cities also to get rid of not only surplus restive underclasses but also troublesome persons or groups within their society.
This commander lead his brother Menelaus into battle during the Trojan War?
Agamemnon the king of Mycenae who united Greece.
What is the importance of the peloponnesian war?
The Peloponnesian War was one the greatest events in Greek history. It helped weaken Athens specifically ending its wealth and power. Most of the city-states of Greece were so significantly weakened militarily and economically that it enabled Philip II of Macedonia and later Alexander the Great to walk in and take over with little resistance.
Why did Spartans always have to be prepared for coflict?
The city-states of the Greek world were prone to fighting each other and the Spartans had to defend the southern Peloponnese at home and support the city-states they had established around the Mediterranean.
What is the ancient city-state at the south of the Greek mainland?
Epidauros, Argos, Tegea, Sparta, Mycenae, Mantinea ...
In ancient Greece how were you judged in the underworld?
Somehow they believed in a religion that is practically considered hell in Christianity.
The most typical ancient Greek term (that is, in Attic Greek, which is typically designated simply as 'ancient Greek') for 'noble' was 'aristos.' This single term carried a wide variety of meanings, including 'noble,' 'rich,' 'educated,' 'virtuous,' 'strong,' and 'admirable.' In the majority of usage-cases, it was to be contrasted with the merely ordinary, the ignorant, the poor, etc.
Who ruled after the Peloponnesian war?
In the 4th Century BCE, after an initial period of Spartan dominance, Thebes defeated Sparta and took over the dominant role, Athens tried to reestablish its empire, and in mid-century in the background Macedonia under Philip began its rise to power. Macedonia dominated in the second half of the 4th Century BCE until Alexander's death, then the Hellenistic Kingdoms under Alexander's generals-turned-kings contended for power in the eastern Mediterranean. Rome's intervention at the beginning of the 2nd Century BCE progressively saw the Hellenistic Kingdoms swallowed up over the succeeding two centuries.
Who were the armies at Marathon that took place in 490 BC?
A Persian expeditionary force versus the armies of Athens and Plataea.
What was Athens the first in the world to do?
It experimented with radical democracy where all citizens met in a fortnightly assembly and discussed and voted on issues put to them by the councilors.
This had mixed results and resulted in Athens being involved in the disastrous 27-year Peloponnesian war, losing and losing influence in the Greek world. The novelty of radical democracy wore off, the citizens attended assemblies infrequently, and it reverted to more authoritarian forms of government.
What island is the legendary home of Odysseus?
The island of Ithaca, next to Ce0phalonia Island near the Gulf of Patras in the west coast of Greece.
Was perseus a king of Macedonia?
Yes. He was the last king of ancient Macedonia who ruled from 179-168 B.C.E. before the ancient Greek kingdom was absorbed into the rest of Greece.
What qualities did greek rationalists have?
They had courage, enlightenment, independent thought/s, and idealism.
Who was responsible for the growth of Athenian power?
It was the Athenian leader Pericles (461-429B.C.) who was responsible for the Athens growth in power. It would be an error to not mention Thermistocles.
Who was the most the most important ancient greek titan for mythology?
Atlas because he lead the titans in the battle versus the Olympians or Cronus because he formed the army.
What made Hippocrates different from others who studied illness and medicine?
He looked at underlying causes, rather than just physical signs and solutions.
Ancient greeks the middle ages and the?
The beginning of Medieval Greek is occasionally dated back to as early as the 4th century, either to 330 AD, when the political centre of the monarchy.
What are the similarities between ancient greek math and modern math?
Ancient greek mathematics, like the culture itself, emphasized the concept of idealism... which, philosophically, means that perfection can only really be found in the ideas in our heads... Even though 'physical reality' isn't perfect, we strive to make it as perfect as possible... The Greeks tried to accomplish this in their mathematics by trying to think of mathematical objects (such as numbers and shapes) as ideal and perfect mental objects. You can see this by the kinds of problems that the Greeks worked on... They didn't work out the problem of a 'rectangular field of wheat', but just the 'rectangle' itself... They didn't worry about what the rectangle represented in real life, but considered problems about the perfect shape of a rectangle. You could say that greek mathematics was 'abstract' meaning 'separate from the real world'.
The same can be said of modern mathematics... when we work out algebraic, geometric, or really any kind of mathematical problem, we visualize it first in our heads, in a state of perfection... Then we manipulate these objects in our heads to get the answer. In essence, we think of modern mathematics as being abstract as well.
What is the 'Median garb' spoken of in the battle of Marathon in 490 BC between Greece and Persia?
The battle was between a Persian expeditionary force and the city-state of Athens. The Medes (Persian allies) were part of the Persian force, so Median garb refers to the clothes worn by the Mede soldiers.
