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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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What Greek states faced the ancient Macedonians and their Greek allies at the battle of Chaeronea?
The opposing Greek sides in Chaeronea were:
Chaeronea Combatants
Side A'
Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Aetolia, Northern Phocis, Epicnemidian Locrians*
Side B'
Athens, Beotian League (Thebes, etc), Euboean League, Achaean League, Corinth, Megara, Corcyra, Acarnania, Ambracia, Southern Phocis.
Neutral sides Sparta, Argos, Arcadia, Messene.
The three last had alliances both with Athens and Philip but their pro-macedonian activity of 344/3 BC showed they were leaning towards Philip. However they didnt send aid to Chaeronea on Philip's side because of the blocking in Isthmus by Corinth and Megara.
Sparta had withdrawn almost entirely from Greek affairs in 344 BC.
[*] Elis had an alliance with Philip though they didn't take part in Chaeronea but showed their pro-macedonian feelings by joining their forces with Philip in the invasion of Laconia in the autumn of 338 BC.
What does 'government by the few' mean ancient Greece?
Their word was oligarchy. It meant that the upper class acted as an unelected government.
What were the connections between geography and development of city-states?
Greece was a land of mountains with limited river plains. A nomad tribe would seize a section of land, set up a defensive fortress on a hill (acropolis) and as it developed a city would grow up. This city and farmland was independent and is what we call a city-state. As they became overpopulated, they sent out the surplus by ship to seize new land and establish a new city-state of their own. Eventually there were over 2,000 of them spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
Why did the Mycenaeans disappear?
They were overrun by the invading Dorian Greeks and the Sea Peoples.
What idea of the ancient Greeks was adopted by the Christian Church?
Multiple gods - evidenced by expansion of the Jewish single god into tbe Trinity, and the add-ons of angels and patron saints as minor gods covering different aspects of life, and absorption of the characteristics of other gods into the Christian pantheon.
How did colonization help ease the problems of the dark ages in ancient Greece?
Over-populated city-states shipped off their surplus populations to seize land and form new city-states around the Mediterranean and Black seas. The norm one hectare farm could not be divided amongst several children, so exporting the surplus prevented a dangerous class of unemployed men posing a threat of revolt. This resulted in over 2,000 new city-states being established.
Why Oligarchies didn't last because?
The oligarchs manipulated things to their own benefit. The limitation here was that, with the wars which became prevalent, the oligarchs needed to lower classes to be part of the army, and so were in a quandary on how to both retain dominance and persuade the lower class to join them to repel external threats. There came a trend for some city-states to appoint tyrants who would direct things more equally for the poorer majority, however when these inevitably fell into disfaour, either the oligarch returned to power of democracies were formed.
What is the Pella Curse tablet?
The Pella curse tablet is a lead scroll found in Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia in Greece and is inscribed with a curse or magic spell in a distinct Doric Greek idiom. The tablet along with other texts discovered in the area, align with the names and toponym's of the Macedonians and confirm that the locals spoke a distinct idiom of Doric Greek and that the Macedonian language was a distinct Doric Greek idiom.
Who was in charge of the overall design of the Parthenon?
The Ecclesia oversaw the work of the architects and artists Phidias, Callicrates and Ictinas..
Physical geography Ancient Greece and rome?
Rome was a city-state in Italy which conquered and developed an empire covering the Mediterranean and north west Europe, the Greeks established over 2,000 independent city-states around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals.
Why would it be difficult to rule Alexander the Great's empire?
It extended from Libya to Central Asia an an age of no mechanical transport, where information took weeks to travel.
Is the acropolis of Athens fading by acid rain?
the Acropolis Of Athens is being faded by acid rain because it is melting
What was the ancient Greek Telesterium?
The Telesterion at Eleusis was one of the primary centres of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
What are the names of the best well known Greek city-states?
Argos, Thebes, Corinth, Elis, Sparta, Athens.
There was no attempt by the over 2,000 independent city-states to unite. The reality was that they each greatly valued their own independence and fought endlessly to maintain it. They united in various and ever-changing groups to oppose other cities and groups. So the struggle was to stay un-united - indepndent, not to be united and be dominated by others in the name of unity.
How did the highways of water affect ancient Greece?
It provided a means of trade, migration and warfare.
Why did the ancient city state of Anthens and Sparta develop different political systems?
Their systems initially developed in parallel, becoming limited democracies. Then Athens went further under the influence of Pericles who used a radical democracy to suppress his political opponents. This radical democracy led Athens into misadventures and a long war which it lost, and it eventually reverted to a limited democracy.
The Athenians valued many different things that we value today, in the 21st century. They valued balance of mind and body. This means people shouldn't only be a good athlete, but they should also be intelligent. If someone was the strongest person in Athens but was not smart, they would not receive the same fame as someone who was balanced intellectually and physically.
Why did the Greeks develop colonies in Asia Minor?
Even with constant wars amogst each other, their fuecudity meant that their sparse agricultural land could not suppost a burgeoning population, so the city-states sent shipped out their surplus populations to sieze new land and establish new city-states, stretching around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
In what Greek city-state was fighting in the military and war important?
It was very important in all the Greek city-states. All citizens were liable to be called out in each city when either a threat appeared, to defend the city, or when the city wanted to overcome another city to gain ascendancy in a dispute.
How does Homeric relate to the Ancient Greek epics the Iliad and the odyssey?
They're both poems and stories that talk about the golden age.
Where is the location of the Hellenistic kingdoms?
Macedonia, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Mainland Greece.
