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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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city developmant cannot tke place without destroying communities and lifestyles this is necessary part of development.......
for the motion
As cities are totlly different. communities and lifestyles of peole has to be destroyed.
go to the classroom be brave and tell
sorry maam i dont know this crap
The defining moment in Greek history is the?
The Persian Wars were the defining moment in Greek history.
Why did Greek culture spread so rapidly across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?
it spreded so rapidly because of how the y were fighting across seas and the spread became to get bigger and bigger
Adult males were citizens, and attended fortnightly assembly meetings, making decisions and laws, which were carried out by the Council of 500. We call it Radical Democracy or Direct Democracy.
How heavy was a spartan shield?
depends on what type some were wooden (vikings and i think Persians/Turks/Muslims) and steel (most Europeans) they could be very light or very heavy it also depended on the person carrying them knights i think had their shields custom made
Archimedes made many things. He made (invented) the Archimedes screw which helps farmers with their irrigation. He also supposedly made Archimedes Death Ray (which is a myth) and Archimedes Claw which is said unrealistic by modern engineers.
What did the Ancient Greeks do to connect the small villages and city states?
concept of citizenship, religious beliefs, and language
Sparta had a limited number of the armoured infantry (hoplites) which was progressively eroded in battles over 100 years faster than they could breed replacements. They began to use their helots (serfs) to replace the losses, but they were not the same quality heavy infantry, so after the losses of a defeated by Thebes at Leuctra in 371 BCE Sparta could no longer raise a credible army. Although Thebes and Athens were later over-run by Macedonia, Sparta just didn't have the numbers to make a comeback.
Who wrote the surviving Greek comedies?
The two most well-known playwrights of Greek comedy are Aristophanes, from the era of Old Comedy, and Menander, who produced New Comedy.
The works of Poussin and Lorrain exemplified the use of?
The works of Poussin and Lorrain exemplified the use of heroic landscapes.
How did you join the army in ancient Greece?
Children (males) were sent off to Army camps at the age of 7, I believe. They would train until they were 18. Harsh, harsh training. Being whipped, fighting (almost to the death) with other children and sometimes full-grown men. It was said that the time men were sent into the army, it was a mother's proudest moment.
There was really no choice if you could go in or not. If the child was deformed or handicapped, they would leave the child out to starve, or just murder it. They thought there was no use for those type of children, and they would just slow down the army.
How do you write Hephaestus' name in ancient Greek?
You need the Greek alphabet which is somewhat different from the Latin alphabet we use - there was no h in it so that is replaced by an apostrophe; ph was the letter phi, which we don't have a symbol for; ae was ai; us was os.
or
eta phi alpha iota sigma tau omicron sigma
When and where was Achilles killed?
Achilles was killed in Troy by Paris while the Greeks were invading the Trojans.
Were the Persian Wars important?
Watch this link that I've posted, there's two parts. Sorry I would type it here but I'm going to end up writing you an essay. The links clearly explain why Persian's were very important.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHvUkJ5fwRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv5BsOWu3qY
How did the ancient Greeks make clothing dye?
the ancient Greeks died their clothes purple the same way as all the other ancient civilizations they used the shell of a sea mollusk and for other colours they would use plant roots, leaves, berries and flowers.
Did the rich and poor Greeks have different currency?
Yes. They used Drachmas which were used until 1st January 2002
1 Drachma = £0.00238860962What did Greeks use to write on?
The Greeks did not use hieroglyphs, in fact they could not understand Egyptian hieroglyphs. By the 8th century BC the Greeks developed various related alphabets based on early Phoenician letters, including the Theran, Cretan, Ionian, Athenian, Corinthian, Naxos, Argos, Boeotian and Euboean alphabets.
At Mycenae and on Crete, the Bronze Age people used Linear A and Linear B scripts which are not hieroglyphs but syllabic writing supported by ideograms.
What modern city stands on the site of the ancient greek city of Byzantium?
constantinople better known now as istanbul but it was once called byzantium hence the name the byzantine empire
A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
What was the primary consequences when the peloponnesian war weaken the greek states?
The usual outcomes of war - loss of life, destruction of property, loss of productivity, starvation, pillage, leaving the whole Greek world weakened, setting the scene for more internal warm and intervention by first Persia and then Macedonia.
Lwhich of the following was the earliest form of government of Ancient Greece?
Tribal, followed by monarchy.
What odd sport did the Greek people play?
running, they did this because they had long legs, one mans leg was once recorded at a length of 2 and a half meters
Is it true or false that The rivalries between the city states had no redeeming value whatsoever?
False : a city-state such as Athens or Sparta would be able to enrich themselves if they were to dominate commercial interests in a region .
