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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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Was Hippocrates a famous Greek musician?
Hippocrates is a famous Greek physician. He gave us the Hippocratic oath.
Why did the US become the spear head os western civilization?
because they kept saying they were and enventually the generation change over meant people no longer remembered that they weren't.
How many meals did Ancient Greeks eat a day?
The Romans had three meals a day, just a we do. The size and content of the meals would depend on the person's wealth. We hear a lot about the lavish banquets that the wealthy would sometimes host and sometimes get the idea that the Romans only ate one meal. This is a misconception.
What were the 14 states of ancient Greece?
There were not just 14 states. At different times, there were different numbers.
Here are some of them:
Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Mycenae, Sparta, Knossos, Gortys, Phaestos, Pella, Potidea
They spanned the entire Aegean sea. Look at slide # 2 on this website:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9266839/Ancient-Greece-CityStates
Early Greek civilization were peace-loving and used the sea in many aspects of their culture?
Are you doing an online course or credit recovery. Minoans.
What was the name of Spartas government?
Sparta's government was an oligarchy. An oligarchy is where a few citizens have a say in the government.
What was Peloponesus in Ancient Greece?
The Peloponesus was (and is today) a peninsula and region of Greece.
Why is the Odyssey an important source of information about Greek civilizations?
Because it was based on oral tales.
Greek god avenger of evildoing?
Erinyes - these were the Furies, avengers of wrongdoing. They were Alecto (unnameable), Megaera (grudging) and Tisiphone (vengeance).
What did slaves wear in ancient Greece?
Tunics, nothing or loincloths depending on their services to their masters.
Why did the people of Greece have to create a new civilization?
since the dark age and people stopped trading
Alcmene was the daughter of Electryon, king of Mycenae. She married Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns. Her husband accidentally killed her father. Then her uncle, Sthenelus, exiled Alcmene and her husband. They fled to Thebes. Alcmene asked her husband to avenge her brothers. While he was away, Zeus came to her in her husband's form. She became pregnant with Hercules. She later had two more sons with her husband.
Who were the Greeks in the Trojan horse?
They were soldiers. After the Trojans opened their city wall to bring the wooden horse in, the soldiers came out and captured the city, ending the ten-year Trojan War.
What was ancient Greece's life expectancy for men and women?
men - 40 women - 38 i am learning about them at school so i know
No. The Greek mythical hero Perseus was not abandoned. He was actually thrown into a crate with his mother, Danae, and they floated to another city where a fisher married Danae. Perseus became a hero and he saved princess Andromeda from being a sacrifice to a sea monster. Myths say that when he killed the monster, blood stained the sea, and the Red Sea is red to this very day.
What was a ancient Greece family structure?
families lived together.these families included father,mother and children.Men married in age 25-30(like they do today).Women got married at the age of 12-16.Girls didn't have a choice usually their father,uncle or brother choose for them.
