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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 gifts does Epimetheus give to animals?
Epimetheus gave positive traits to animals in Greek Mythology, but then ran out and gave human attributes to people.
What did ancient greek girls do all day?
Ancient Greek girls stayed home and were taught to weave, cook, dance, sing, and play an instrument. They were not allowed to go to school unless the family was really rich. If they lived with a poor family, they worked in the fields all day. At age 16 they were expected to trow away their toys and get married to someone they didn't even know (well, they might of known them but that's not the point) girls dint leave the house unless they were slaves or for religious purposes. As a woman they would be the head of the slaves and bossed them around until the man got home and then they made dinner for them and got out of their way and avoided them the rest of the day then went to sleep.
Was the greek goddess Athena a spoiled brat?
She was the favourite child of the greek god Zeus who did spoil her and gave to her every thing she wanted.
When did the Thebes civil war take place?
This war is found in plays a thousand years later, and rests in the area of mythology and legends (traditional tales) rather than history. It predates cursive writing, so we have no direct accounts of the events.
From archaeological evidence, Thebes was destroyed in the 13th Century BCE, so this is in all probability the event protrayed in the plays.
How were the Greeks able to get enough food to feed their population?
They farmed the limited agricultural land intensively, fished the rivers and seas, and traded manufactured goods for food imports. As the populations of the city-states exceeded this capacity, they sent out surplus population to seize land around the Mediterranean and Black Seas and form new cities. This way, the Greek world came to stretch from Southern France and northern Africa in the west to southern Russia and Asia Minor in the east, numbering over 2,000 independent city-states. The names of today's cities reflect this spread - Marseilles = Massilia, Tripoli = Tripolis (three cities), Naples = Neapolis (new city) etc.
How did the Egyptians influence culture on Crete?
Much of the Egyptian influence in Crete can be seen in artwork from approximately 4000 to 3000 years ago. Many Cretan statues have strong poses such as those commonly seen in Egyptian artwork. Also, a number of Egyptian cults (such as the cult of Isis) were found in Crete. The Minoan (Cretan) and Ancient Egyptian Civilizations had a high regard for one another and trade numerous items.
What effect did the two great conflicts of the fifth century have on Greek civilization?
Well from my knowledge, it caused the French Revolution, and made all turtles flip over on their backs. Also the earthquake of 1944 was a result of this.
What do Greeks believe are the two basic gifts that Earth gives to man?
the Greeks believe the god give two gifts fro all human beings and also naturual beings. thery are fire and air,man is very sofisticated in all beings,the god made especially for his ony worship,so the reason the god made earth and the human beings
Did Archimedes create the number system?
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We cannot forget the steps of Chronology; in which we can learn and deduce many questions to join the facts. Of course, Archimedes ( 287 - 212 )BC, as a Mathematician did a lot on the number system; he was working on that for he had a profound sense of the numbers he was trying to find out: his graphical calculation of limits, much before Sir Isaac Newton ( 1642 - 1727 ).
Now, according to the history of Mathematics; in Greece, the first to work on the number system was Thales of Miletus ( 640 - 535 )BC; for some writers ( 624 - 546 )BC.
The Number System is a creation that has come from a long time from Babylon. Mathematicians were able of working with the number systems from the Renaissance to the present day. It should be remembered that Ancient numbers were neither perfectly alphabetical nor completely consisting in writing, touching the definition of Wisdom.
Who was the woman who saw the fall of Troy and the enslavement of the women?
This was Helen of Sparta, also known as Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda who was the Queen of Sparta. She was the woman who experienced the fall of Troy and the subsequent enslavement of women.
What two Persian leaders tried to take over Greece?
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
How did people find out about greek laws?
A man named Draco published the first written law code. Anyone could read it. Still, a number of people did not accept it. Then a man named Solon was elected the head of the government. Solon published a new law code. He also enforced it. It was printed in a public place. Everyone could read it. Thus, everyone knew the law.
What innovation led to the development of city states?
Well notice how the US is almost the only country that has states. It started when there were different Indians in different zones of America so we decided to divide it by the different Indian tribes.
Why did Aesop receive his freedom?
He didn't. Aesop's was a slave and when he got too old to be useful he was sacrifices to Aphrodities.
Where cocoa beans grown in ancient Greece?
no they where not, but they where used as currency in ancient Maya
How did Greeces geography influenced how the ancient Greeks lived?
It had limited fertile land divided by mountains. Incoming Greek tribes took over a section and later developed a city, which became a self-sustaining city-state, jealousy defending its independence.
What contributions did Aristotle make during the Hellenistic era?
He tutored Alexander the Great in his childhood. The Hellenistic Era began after Alexander's and Aristotle's deaths
How did the Athenians support the battle of Thermopylae?
Athens had determined to evacuate its people to cities in the Peloponnese for security, as they could not defend it against a Persian land and sea invasion. It decided to put all of it's effort in helping oppose the Persians at sea. It embarked its people of military age on its 180 warships and joined the Greek fleet in the Strait of Artemesion while a small land force of a dozen other cities held the nearby pass at Thermopylai.
The Greek plan was, by holding the pass, they would force the Persians to try to turn it with their navy, and the Greek fleet would engage and destroy the Persian fleet. If this could be achieved, the Persian fleet could no longer threaten the Greek cities with amphibious attack, and the Greek cities of the south could send out their armies, which were being kept at home to defend their cities against such a seaborne attack, to concentrate against the Persian army. And the lack of supplies sent by Persia to support its army in Greece would force a withdrawal.
The pass at Thermopylai was held for three days and on each day a sea battle was fought. The Greek fleet lost and retired to Salamis to try again there. The small force at Thermopylai, its mission completed, was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents remained behind to cover their withdrawal and were lost.
So the battle of Thermopylai supported the Greek fleet which included the major Athenian component, rather than the fleet supporting Thermopylai. The sea battle was then refought at Salamis, near the deserted city of Athens, and the Greek fleet won this time.
The Persians had to send half their army home as they could not get enough food in such a poor country as Greece, and could no longer supply them by sea convoys now that the Greeks controlled the sea. The remainder of the Persian army was defeated the following spring at Plataia when the Greek cities sent out their armies, secure in the knowledge that the Persian fleet could no longer swoop on their home cities.
Who was the girl that poisoned Hercules?
In the Greek myth, it is Deianara, his second wife, that gives him the poisoned shirt of Nessus the centaur, after hearing a rumor that he is unfaithful to her.
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