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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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Did the Greek religion influence the Roman religion?
When the Romans conquered Greece, not only did they discover that the Greeks had much to offer (traditions, art, architecture, knowledge, literature, etc.), but the Romans eventually adopted and built upon many of the Greek traditions.
In terms of religion, the Romans pretty much complete adopted the Greek gods and religious views. All the Greek gods have a Roman name as well, Zeus to Jupiter, Poseidon to Neptune, Aphrodite to Venus, etc. It wasn't until the decline of the Roman empire around 300 CE that the Roman state religion took a major shift. More specifically in 313 CE, Constantine I legalized Christianity in his Edict of Milan, and in 380 CE, Theodosius proclaims Catholicism as the official religion of Rome.
The Romans basically took the Greek gods, "cleaned them up" (the Greek gods were not the most model of deities) and gave them new names.
Archimedes Principle states that when an object is put in water, or some other fluid, the buoyant force exerted on it is equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaces. This means that if an object is partially submerged in water, its apparent weight will lessen because of the force exerted upwards on it by the water.
Socrates was married to a young wife called Xanthippe by whom he had three sons. She did indeed give him a hard time.
What kind of economy did the ancient Greeks have?
Mainly commerce by ships over the sea routes that were established by the Greeks for their colonies around the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Trade of local products in the mainland [pottery, wine, olive oil, olives, cereals and other agricultural products].
What did ancient Greeks eat for lunch?
Their main food was pottage. Pottage is a kind of thick stew made from wheat, millet or corn. Sometimes they would add cooked meat, offal or a sauce made out of wine.
Food for the common people consisted of wheat or barley, olive oil. a little fish, wine, home grown vegetables, and if they were lucky enough to own a goat or cow or chickens, cheese and a few eggs.
Why did ancient Greek homes have separate quarters for men and woman?
they had seperate quarters because the men had more power than women.
*gasps* Draco Malfoy will NEVER die! how dare you ask such a thing!
Draco Malfoy had many close encounters in the Deathly Hallows, but was suprisingly saved by Harry and Ron. In the entire series, Draco Malfoy does not die. I notice this is posted in Ancient Greece, however, so I think I just answered the wrong question.
Pelasgians and Leleges, protohellenic races that lived in the southwestern part of Peloponesus known as Messenia up today
How much land did Cyrus the Great conquer?
Cyrus the Great was the conqueror of 2,090,000 square miles. This was slightly less than the 2,180,000 square miles conquered by Alexander the Great.
Cretans are people who live on the Island of Crete, which is south of the Greek mainland in the Mediterranean Sea.
How far to the East did the Greek armies push?
Alexander the Great crossed the Indus River in present day Pakistan.
What were the war laws in ancient Greece?
What laws there were were set by the Amphytionic Council - consisting of delegates from the early important Greek states. The main rules: Not to destroy a city of the council members, Not to cut off the water supply of a city. Otherwise Greek warfare used every means, strategem and trick they could devise, and they were very inventive at it. The prime principle was to wage war to the ultimate, and the defeated (individual or state) were entirely at the disposal or mercy (or otherwise) of the victor (individual or state).
It began with a single one - a 200 metre foot race. This was progressively extended to include an increasing range of activities including javelin throwing, chariot racing, all-n wrestling etc.
What was the name of the oracle of Delphi?
Delphi was sacred to Gaea, Python guarded it - whom Apollo slayed.
Kastalia or Kassotis was the Naiad Nymph of the prophetic springs of the Delphic Oracle on Mount Parnassos, Phokis (central Greece).
Pronoia or Hêsionê was an Okeanid nymph of Mount Parnassos in Phokis (central Greece). She was the wife of the Titan Prometheus and, as her name suggests, a goddess of foresight.
Kleodôra was a Nymph of Mount Parnassos in Phokis. She was loved by the god Poseidon and bore him Parnassos, eponymous hero of the mountain, and founder of the first pre-Deluge town of Delphi.
Kôrykia a nymph, who became by Apollo the mother of Lycorus or Lycoreus, and from whom the Corycian cave in mount Parnassus was believed to have derived its name.
Melainê was a Naiad Nymph of the springs of Delphoi in Phokis (central Greece), a daughter of the local river-god Kephisos (Cephisus). She was loved by the god of the shrine Apollon, bearing him the eponymous son Delphos.
Thyia was the Naiad Nymph of a spring on Mount Parnassos in Phokis (central Greece). Her shrine was the site for the gathering of the Thyiades--woman celebrants of the orgies of the god Dionysos. She was also said to have been loved by Apollon and bore him the eponymous founder of the village of Delphoi, beside the oracular shrine.
Khryseai Kêlêdones were magical singers crafted of gold by Hephaistos for the the second mythical temple of the god Apollon at Delphi.
Delphi is said to have passed from Gaea to her daughter Themis, who passed it to her sister Phoebe who gave it up to Apollo for his birthday. At one time Delphi belonged to Poseidon in common with Geae, but Apollo gave him Calauria as a compensation for it. Further Poseidon used Pyrkon (Python?) as his mouthpiece in giving responses.
There is hinting to Apollo having pursued a prophetess appointed to Delphi by Geae prior to Apollo taking control of it: Daphnis (Daphne) who cried out to Gaea for help and was transformed into a laurel tree.
How did the mountains and islands influence the development of individual city-states?
While this answer applies specifically to Greece, the reasons here can be easily expanded to places like Indonesia which also developed as city-states.
1) Minimal Land Travel: The Greek Mainland (Thrace, Epirus, Boetia, Attica, and the Peloponnesus) is among the most mountainous and hilly land in all of Europe, making land travel between the city-state minimal. It also directed their efforts away from expanding their influence primarily over land and explains why non-coastal regions of Greece took the longest to develop.
2) Marine Travel and Naval Strength: Most of the city-states were relatively close to the water, especially those found on Crete, Cyprus, the Dodecanese Islands, or Cycladic Islands. Greek city-states favored marine travel which was more reliable and cost-effective than land travel. As a result, many city-states had strong navies as opposed to having strong armies. (Sparta is the one major exception to that rule.)
3) Chronic Disunity: Because of the prevalence of strong navies, the difficulty of land travel, and the presence of many invasion choke-points (the most famous being Thermopylae), the Greek city-states were never completely unified until Alexander the Great conquered them all. (Sparta did defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War, but only held onto that victory for a very short time. In addition, Sparta never expanded its power into Boetia or over the Cycladic Islands - which would have been the next logical places to expand.)
4) Pastoralism and Fishing: The mountainous terrain made growing crops very difficult. The two crops that the Greeks were able to cultivate were olives and wheat, but wheat was much more difficult to maintain than the olives. This forced Greeks to resort to pastoralism (primarily animal-based agriculture) and they raised goats, sheep, and pigs. As a result, there was a lot of dairy and meat in the Greek diet relative to contemporaneous civilizations (although significantly less than today). In addition, because of the access to the sea, Greek cuisine included vast amounts of shellfish, mollusks, and proper fishes.
The mountains separated the city states, the bays provided fertile land for farming, and the sea provided fishing and trading of sea food.
What did the ancient Greece do to your history?
Ancient Greece did a lot of things to hour history. For example, Ancient Greece was the birthplace of democracy without which I dont know what would happen.
How did the ancient Greeks carry their money?
Small change was carried in their cheek pouches. One of Aristophanes' comedies (The Wasps) has the females of the household french kissing grandpa when he gets back from serving on a jury to try to hook out the small silver (3 obol) coin which was his day's pay.
In ancient greece rulers who were supported by the middle and working classes were called?
their were two main classes of people in ancient rome the patritians and the plebians.the plebians were the lower class and the patritians were the higher class the plebians included everyone in rome except the nobilty
How did Greeks get their clothes?
Greek clothing were made from wool or linen. Footwear were leather sandals. Wool was used during the winter while linen was used during the summer.
How were Ancient Greek theatre masks made?
they were usually made from
wood
linen
mud
the more sofisticated/ expensive ones in the 3rd century BC were made of metals like bronze
