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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 was the essential government of Ancient Greece?
hellas was a combination of both democratic city/states and oligarchic city/states which was the main cause of all of their internicine warfare. how ever when philip2 and his young son alexandros3 invaded and won the battle of choronia, phillip established a monarchy. later alexander was known as the first king of hellas.
What form of government did the city-states have?
It varied between the hundreds of independant city-states of the Greek peoples which stretched around the Mediterran and Black Seas.
Aristotle described the forms of government as Monarchies, Tyrannies, Aristocracies, Oligarchies, Democracies and Oclocracies. Most of the hundreds of cities progressed and reverted through all these stages.
What was the invasion that separated the Mycenaean Greek age from the classical Greek age known as?
Trojan War
What is the word friend in ancient greek?
The word for friend in ancient Greek is, philos (masculine); phile (fem.).
How does Greek satyr and tragedy differ?
The Satyr is a short farce based on mythological figures. A tragedy is a serious play depicting the downfall or destruction of a noble character as a result of a flaw, weakness, or error in judgement.
What three legacies left behind by the Ancient Greeks?
Well, Ancient Greek and Ancient Greece left bhind the 3 legacies which was their weapons,their people who were or was not shot/killed, and their animals also was not shot/killed.
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Did the peloponnesian wars opened the rest of Greece to attack from Macedonia?
Not directly. After the war the city-states continued their sporadic warfare, Thebes became temporarily ascendant, Persia imposed peace on them to stop the spillover into its own territories. Macedonia gained power in the context of this ongoing strife.
Who were the combatants of the Trojan Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?
Were you talking about the Greek Persian and Peloponnesian Wars? If so, the Persian war was between the invading Persians and the defending Greeks, who formed a league in which the military was led by one of the Spartan kings. (Sparta had two kings at the same time.) In the Peloponnesian War, it was the Delian League (Athens and allies) vs. the Peloponnesian League (Sparta and allies) Sparta ended up beating Athens after destroying their fleet.
Is macedon short for Macedonia?
yes it is. It is used when referring to the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, i.e. Phillip of Macedon.
Which ruler reigned during Hellenistic age of Greece- Pericles or Alexander the Great?
Neither - the Hellenistic Age came after the deaths of Pericles, and after the death of Alexander. His successors divided his new empire amongst themselves, setting up their own kingdoms. These kingdoms had a veneer of Hellenic (Greek) culture, so we call them Hellenistic, that is a bit like Hellenic, but not fully Hellenised.
How is ancient boxing different to today?
Ancient boxing is different than today because back then you were allowed to kick and even pull other peoples hairs. Some men shaved their heads so they wouldn't have to get their hairs pulled
How Plato's Republic similar to and different from the government of Sparta?
Oh God, where do I even begin?!
Sparta has two kings which is based predominantly on heritage. Everyone is more or less politically equal in Sparta (The actual Spartans, at least. The 'non-spartans' or 'Helots', had no rights and were basically there at the leisure of their spartan masters, but it was effectively communist-esque provided you were a spartan)
Whereas Plato's Republic is a lot more like a meritocracy; someone is intellectual and loves learning therefore they should rule because they are lovers of truth and knowledge (this is the literal meaning of philosopher: 'philo' coming from the word 'to love' and 'soph' coming from the word for knowledge)
There's more but really you should simply read up on the two subjects to get a good understanding.
What challenges did Greek farmers face?
Poor soil, seasonal failures, plant disease, slavery for debt, rapacious upper class rulers.
Who was ruler of the ancient Greek titans?
Cronus/Kronos/Cronos, ruled over the other ancient Greek titans.
Why do Greek masks have big mouths?
For two reasons: first, to exaggerate the expression so that it could be seen from the far seats, and second, to allow enough room for the actor's speech not to be muffled.
Who went to the Elysian fields?
Many greek heroes, like achilles, lived in paradise here. unless they were super good, they couldn't go in there.
Math is the same in any languge, numbers is the language we all speak!(:
The ancient civilization was built by a king call Karisio, he found the land then built it.
Why did the ancient Greek city-state Athens have a direct democracy while the Romans had a republic?
Republic and democracy are two different things. A Republic can be a democracy, just as a constitutional monarchy today can be a democracy. Democracy existed in the Roman Republic, as it had three different assemblies of the citizens (Centuriate, Tribal, Plebeian). Athens went through phases - monarchy, oligarchy, limited democracy, radical democracy.
It is unknown. However, the cat is associated as a hunter so it might be a symbol of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Hunt.
