Ancient Greece

Qualities of individualism, humanism as well as democracy and our own current legal and political systems can trace their roots back to the ancient Greeks. In addition, their contributions to science, philosophy, art, architecture and literature influenced the Roman Empire and all of western civilization.

Roads were poor, and there weren't any fast vehicle areound.

Myths described to the Greeks how the world and its first people were made, and also (in some cases) gave an explanation for some natural occurences.

Greek mythology actually was a relegion in ancient times, it was not called mythology though. It was created by the greeks to explain natural occurances or things that they could not otherwise explain. Another reason is that some blind people would tell stories and they were adopted as a myth.

In World War 1 America stayed out until near the end, and Britain which owned about 70 per cent of American industry had to sell most of it off to get the resources to help beat the German threat to Europe. In World War 2 the UK also had to face Germany alone and had to sell off its remaining US assets to sustain its war effort until the US joined the effort two years later.

So America gained pre-eminent economic power in the world, which enabled it to dominate the developed world and spread its culture via the emerging electronic media.

Poseidon himself lived under the sea, but the Greeks built several temples in his honor. Some are: in Paestum (southern Italy),Greek island of Poros, Cape Sounion near Athens, city of Corinth, and others.

Athens, Troy, Atlantis, Elysian Fields, Mt. Olympus, Tarataros (not sure how to spell it)

Greek gods played an important role in the lives of Athenians by giving the people advice when they went to their temples.

Europeans rediscovered the ideas of the ancient Greeks after 1500.

Diocletian divided the empire in order to make it more easy to manage. It had grown so large that it took weeks for messages and other communications to go from one end of the empire to the other. This was a serious issue regarding military and legal matters. By dividing the empire, it was thought that these problems would be eased.

By Olympics I'm assuming you mean Olympics. If you are then your awnser is that scientific evidence suggests that the Olympics started in ancient Greece as a tribute to their gods. It had most of the events we have now in the Olympics but some of the original events were removed and some new events were added. This is why when the Olympic torch makes it's way around the world it is always lit and starts it's journey in Greece. One of the events was the relay race which was run naked and the baton was on fire at one end. Women were also not allowed to compete in the Olympics because gender equality was not social protocol in those days. There were states or territories in Greece different to the current ones and anyone from outside of the states was also excluded from competing.

The Greeks introduced democracy .

I only know one and that is that he wrote 100 plays and only 7 survived..

The Greek philosopher Thales of Miletusaccurately predicted a solar eclipse in advance of the eclipse itself according to The Histories of Herodotus. If Herodotus's account is accurate, this eclipse is the earliest recorded as being known in advance of its occurrence. Most historians believe that the predicted eclipse was the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BC It's the staring point of scince

the persians controlled the alnd of ancient greece

The Greeks settled on the seaboard and river valleys, and each group formed independent city-states - a defensible commercial city surrounded by arable lad. The Persians were people of the mountains and plains, rather than cities, and the empire they established was widespread and similar - the cities were centres of governance and commerce, rather than the core of the separate states as the Greeks did.

Chivalry was the code of honor among the nobility in the late Middle Ages, and today the code of chivalry is closely linked with knighthood. Medieval notions of "chivalry" had some important differences from how we think of "chivalry" today, though. For instance, chief among the medieval tenants of chivalry was loyalty to one's liege-lord (this was essential to the feudal system in medieval society), but some of the more romantic notions, such as a man draping his cloak over a mud puddle for a lady to walk over, were unheard of and would have been considered totally absurd back then.

Their shield. It was believed that, if a Spartan returned without their shield, they had thrown it at the enemy as they ran away from the fight. Fleeing from battle in Sparta was a capital offense.

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The actual quote is fiction.

It never appeared in any ancient source but was used today to clearly emphasize the very core of their culture.

Ancient Greek boys were taught by their parents, with wealthy ones taught by a slave teacher.

Rome built many aspects of its culture based on what the Greeks did. Their art was so closely related that historians speak of Greco-Roman art. Architecture also took several examples from Greece. It's worth noting, however, that niether the arch nor the aqueduct came from Greece. The Romans adopted those ideas from the Etruscans. Religion in early Rome basically worshipped the Greek gods under new names. They also developed quite a few philosophies based on Greek philosophy. Earlier teachings led them to come up with stoicism, but that itself is pretty unique to Rome. They also took governmental ideas from the Greeks. It is worth noting that because the Greek city-states were never grouped any closer than the Delian league at the time of the Peloponesian War, every city-state governed itself differently. The Romans adopted democracy from Athens, but changed it to a representative form. Eventually, they evolved into an empire, but also had experience with monarchy, oligarchy and tyranny. One thing that did not pass from Greece to Rome was agriculture. The Greeks raised mainly goats and olives, which were suited to the mountainous terrain on the Peloppenesus. The Romans had the advantage of flat terrain with good soil and water, which allowed for grain to be grown and a wider variety of livestock to be raised.

Ancient Greek houses (oikos) were designed for particular reasons.

There was a courtyard in the middle of the house to get some sun and air; especially for the women as they were banned from leaving the oikos and to get a breeze into the rooms.

There were small windows in the rooms to cool them and the people inside them.

The women's quarters (gynaikon) were upstairs to stop the temptations of cheating and curiosity.

The men's quarters (andron) were downstairs for easy access to outside the oikos for lavish male parties (symposium).

There was an altar in the courtyard to give your offerings personally.

A well was in the courtyard to provide the family with their own personal water.

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Hippocrates Asclepiades, "descendant of (the doctor-god) Asclepios," but it is uncertain whether this descent was by family or merely by his becoming attached to the medical profession. Legend likewise places him in the family line of the hero Hercules. Son of Heracleides and Praxithea,

Greece had a number of different states with different political regimes. Greek model of democracy was the democracy of Athens.

The Athenians had a direct form of democracy. This means that instead of electing representatives (such as senators, congressmen of MPs) to make decisions, the citizens themselves voted on legislation by gathering in the Ecclesia, the popular assembly. They also made executive decrees and elected some of the public officials. Originally it also tried political crimes, but later this was transferred to the courts. Athens also had a boule (council) of 500 men (50 men for each Athenian tribe). It prepared draft resolutions for the Ecclesia to debate and vote on. Fifty members of the Boule were selected toform the prytaneis, an executive standing committee. A new chair of the prytaneis was selected by lot every day. The system was a check against personal power. The boule coordinated the activities of public officials and administrative boards, provided randomly selected members for the administrative boards. It had relative latitude in for administrative initiatives because it was supposed to merely execute the will of the Ecclesia.

Although it had limited forms of direct democracy, the Roman Republic was not actually a democracy. It was an oligarchy. It was effectively controlled by the senate. This was an unelected body composed by patricians (aristocrats) and former officers of state. It did not propose legislation or vote on it. It debated policy matters and issued policy instructions. It could also issue decrees. There was not a centralised government, like and admiration or a cabinet. There were five types of officers of state who acted independently within the remit of their offices and who were elected annually (except for the censor whose term of office was 18 months), including the consuls, two heads of the Republic. This turned the senate into a co-ordinating political body. The also senate supervised the treasury and the governors of the provinces (conquered territories) were selected among the senators.

The Romans Republic had three Popular Assemblies. The Assembly of the Soldiers voted on war and peace and elected the higher officers of state (the consuls, praetors and censors). However, its voting system was heavily stacked in favour of the rich. The Assembly of the Tribes elected the lower officers of state the aediles and quaestors). The Plebeian Council was the assembly of the plebeians (the commoners). It was created during a plebeian rebellion. Originally it voted only on matters which regarded only the plebeians. Later it became the main legislative body and the laws it approved became binding on all Roman citizens (including the patricians).