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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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Which region was ancient Greece religion practiced?

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What did sophists teach?

Hey! i had the same question a couple days ago. i figured out that the sophists were usually atheists (do not believe and god). They taught subjects such as making the weaker argument the strong one, and discovering the truth in things. They sometimes also taught things such as math or science.

Who wrote Greek comedy?

The only ancient Greek comedian whose works survive is Aristophanes; eleven of his 40 or so plays remain. He wrote plays poking fun at contemporary life and famous figures at the time. His play "The Clouds" made fun of Socrates, and the satire was so vicious that Plato claimed the play caused Socrates to be executed. Much of Aristophanes' humor is crude, even disgusting, but much of it is still funny today; for example, in "The Birds", he lampoons lawyers and the tendency of ancient Athenians to sue over even the smallest insult.

What led to the Peloponnesian war?

Jealousy manifested between Sparta and Athens as Sparta controlled the Peloponnesian League and Athens's controlled city and state governments in Greece. The war resulted in Sparta and Athens's quest to have ultimate control over the country's military and government.
Athens, having established an empire out of the Delian League city-states it led against Persia, began to use this power to interfere in the affairs of other Greek cities, culminating in trying to bankrupt Megara, a member of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Athens ignored appeals by Sparta to back off, refused War then broke out.

Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?

After a coalition of Greek cities led by Sparta repelled a Persian attempt to incorporate them into its empire, Athens took over leadership of a coalition of Greek city-states in Asia Minor which continued sporadic warfare against Persia. After 30 years of trying to impose peace by force, the Persians gave up and left the 180 cities to resume the usual fighting amongst each other.

Who was Epaminondas?

Epaminondas (ca. 410 BC - 362 BC) was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent position in Greek politics.

Who is a famous philosopher of ancient Greece?

Homer ['Ομηρος] is the ancient Greek poet who wrote the epic poems of Iliad and Odyssey. Iliad presents the ten years war between the Greeks under the leadership of the Achaeans against Troy. Odyssey presents the adventures of the ten years return journey of one of the major leaders of the victorious Greeks - Odysseus king of Ithaca.

Did they have pianos in ancient Greece?

No. Although stringed instruments are very old, and some of them were played by striking the strings rather than plucking them, the piano was not really developed until after the first keyboard - the first of these, the hurdy-gurdy was not developed until some time before the 11th century.

What led to the decline of the Athenian Empire?

The decision to attack Sparta

Athens's defeat by Sparta
The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens started the decline of the Athenian Empire. Sparta emerged as the victor of the war and the most powerful Greek state for many years. Athens continued as a cultural and intellectual center until its further decline in the Middle Ages up until its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1456.

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Baxevanis, J. J. (2016). Athens. In Academic World Book. Retrieved from

http://www.worldbookonline.com/academic/article?id=ar035500

Why are there darkskinned sicilians?

Not all are. Sicilians are very diverse. Sicily was invaded and occupied through much of it's history till 1860 by many surrounding nations, includind North Africans, Arabs

When did trading start?

1453 when Sir Mortan traded his wife for a horse.

What year was Achilles born?

There were no records of birth kept during the Bronze Age.

What was the result of the Trojan war?

The legendary battle of the Trojan war, fought between the city of Troy and an alliance of Greek forces arrayed against it, has been described in a number of ancient texts. While the legend is consistent in giving victory to the Greek alliance, more far-ranging results vary. They include various tragic results for individual Greek leaders, renewed and even some significantly new squabbling's among divine powers with an interest in the Trojan conflict, and even the founding of Rome through the escape of one particularly heroic Trojan by the name of Aeneas.

How did the battle of thermopylae effect the greek society?

because it is an amazing thing that so few could kill so many.

What did the ancient Romans learn from the ancient Greeks?

the Romans learned different cultures and different ways of surviving

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they basically took their alphabet and changed it up a little bit and used their gods also but changed the names

What year did leonidas live?

Leonidas I, King of Sparta son of Anaxandridas II was born in the year 520 BCE. He died in 480 BCE at the age of 40 in the battle defending the pass at Thermopylae with his 300 bodyguards, 2,000 of their serf-light infantry, and 700 Thespians, against the invading Persian army. They held out to the last, a sacrifice to let 4,000 Greeks soldiers from allied cities escape to friendly walls before the Persian cavalry could break through and ride them down in open country.

How often did the people get feed to the minotour?

In the ancient greek times people were sent from greek, mainly Athens once per year as a sacrifice to the minitour. A

Ancient Greece leaders and what was expected of the citizens?

Greece was not a country, it was an ethnic classification, and covered hundreds of independent city-states located around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Each had its own leaders, who morphed from kings to aristocrats and tyrants to elected leaders as the political systems evolved.

Well known leaders included Cleisthenes, Ephialtes and Pericles who brought in democracy in Athens; kings and war leaders Cleonomes, Leonidas and Pausanias of Sparta; Epaminondas and Pelopidas generals of Thebes.