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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 and how many gods did the Ancient Greeks worship?
Dozens. Some of the big ones were Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes, Hades, Athena, and Persephone, however the list is much longer and there were also "lesser deities" (still Gods, but either had less power or just didn't do as much)
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12 zues hera posidon hades persopon Hermes hepfostes aphrodity Apollo artimis and 2 other but i frogot Google it
Yes.
- Ancient Macedonia was a Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula.
- Modern Macedonia is a Greek province on the northern Greek peninsula.
- There is an unbroken record of people identifying as Macedonians with a Greek ethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.
Cimabue broke the conventions of Byzantine art by?
Cimabue broke the conventions of Byzantine art by giving his figuers a more natural appearance.
What are the five greatest cities in history?
Athens, Rome, Florence, London, and new york city
Alternative:
It depends on what you mean by 'greatest' - size, population, status, relative to others at the same period, etc etc.
Today's cities with 20 million people win on numbers, Rome on power for its time, Washington in it's time. Dozens fit into any pattern you choose.
How is The Odyssey related to Iliad?
The Odyssey, is the sequel to the Iliad following Odysseus's adventures home.
The Odyssey is the sequel to The Iliad. The Odyssey is the story of Odysseyus' journey home from Troy to Ithica. The sequel shares some of the same characters like Odysseyus for example. He is also the one who came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse that ultimately one the war against Troy for the Greeks.
What are the aims of physical and health education in Athens and Sparta?
physical and health is really important to Sparta but health an education is important to Athens cause they are in to democracy and Spartans are sporty an well built an the like to have strong baby or they will kill them
What is the ancient greek word of courage?
Arete is a basic translation in ancient greek of the english word courage though arete technically translates as to fulfilling one's duty to the highest ability.
How were Philip II and Alexander able to control all of Greece?
Most soldiers at the time of Alexander were only part time, which means that when there were no wars the soldiers were farmers or land owners. Philip made his army full time soldiers. This allowed him to train his army over long periods of time. This is only 1 of the reasons Philiip and Alex conquered Greece though...
How does Homer begin The Odyssey?
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished in their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.
Who were King Minos' parents and how did they meet?
Minos was one of the three sons of Zeus and Europa; Zeus carried Europa across the sea as a bull.
What caused the plague in Ancient Greece?
Black Death Plague spread from country to country. It spread across whole Europe.
In both cases you have regimes that operate over a small tract of territory and are centralized on a relatively large city. These small states often go to war with one another and are occasionally overrun by a large outside empire which can conquer these smaller states.
However, the reason for Mesopotamian city states was the initial difficulty of expanding power for early civilizations, which was overcome relatively early in history, by Sargon of Akkad, the first emperor in history. From that point onwards, Mesopotamia's relatively flat geography (especially in the central and southern regions) made it impossible for city-states to maintain regional independence. In Greece, the rugged terrain helped to preserve the disunity of the region until the Macedonian Invasion.
Would you rather have lived in Athens or Sparta?
This depends entirely on who you are - women were far better off in Sparta as opposed to Athenian women who were housekeepers and child-rearers; Sparta had serfs who were mostly free on their own farms, Athens had slaves; Spartan citizens lived for military service, supported by the serfs, Athenian citizens had to work at a job and also do military service. Take your pick.
What did metonymy mean in ancient greek?
The substitution of another word for something else - basically a slang expression, eg 'gone to the moon' for great success.
What 3 improvements did Pericles want to make?
For Athens to dominate the Greek world by military force.
For it to lift the standards of its citizens by levying taxes from the 180 allied cities it had turned into an empire.
To give power to the male citizens whom he believed he could dominate by his oratory, and the political and financial benefits he delivered to them.
In the first democracy in Athens who had more power citizens or aristocrats?
The first democracy, set up by Cleisthenes in 507 BCE, power rested with the citizens making decisions in assembly. The aristocrats regained power during the Persian invasion as they organised the war effort, and they retained power for another 20 years until Ephialtes re-stablished democratic control.
What are two main causes that led to the city-states being conquered?
Philip built up his military strength in conquering Thrace and other aer areas.
He subverted some Greek city-states by bribery.
The other Greek city-states were badly weakened by the Peloponnesian War and continuing ongoing wars between each other, and could not mount an effective resistance.
