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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.
10,833 Questions
Why were the Marathon and the Thermopylae important to the Persian War?
They were rallying calls for the Greeks.
The Athenian success at Marathon demonstrated to the other Greek cities that the Persians could be beaten.
Thermopylae became another symbol for Greek steadfastness which was used by the Greeks for propaganda on the superiority of the Greek warrior.
What was the first Greek civilizetion?
Try finishing the question if you want an answer.
try finishing the question if you want an answer.
Who were the two founders of Greek historical writing?
The two founders of Greek historical writing were Herodotus and Thucydides. While they had different styles, they attempted to be truthful and forthright.
It wasn't a end they wrapped the end and beginning inside the Gordian
Where did the moors build their civilization?
The Moors were a North African tribe who followed Islamic beliefs, The Moors first conquered southern Italy, Sicily Spain, Portugal and the islands of the west Mediterranean sea, including Sardinia and Corsica. Spain was its most dominant stronghold after ruling for over 800 years prior to the dark ages, the moors also traveled north of Spain to Ireland and conquered Britain's Germanic and Celtic tribes of Scotland wales and England.
The moors were a dark race of north African decedents of the biblical kingdom of Judah, Hebrews, prior to the Arabic takeover of north Africa of which they converted from Christianity to Islam. The term Moor ''Moreno'' meaning black or dark skinned, The Moors were renowned for being masters of architecture, sailer's, and warrior like conquerers. the fall of The Moors took place across western Europe during the dark ages of which the change in monarchy and European leadership changed hands, Caucasians assembled there royal thrones and replaced leaderships in Spain and Britain about the time of the renaissance period ''rebirth'', a rebirth of European culture in architecture, art , writings and in general society as a whole. The Moors were pushed back into the interiors of Africa and settled along the West coast, these once ancient kings of the Hebrew kingdom of Israel, monarchs of Spain and Britain now dwellers of West African nations such as the ivory coast, Nigeria, Ghana, etc, a vast majority of this royal seed are the afro inhabitants of Brazil, North America and the Caribbean islands due to the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, upon slavery and conquer by the Caucasians during the New World, former remembrance of any black history had to be either destroyed, or whitewashed in order to appear superior, the ''dark ages'' really testifies namely to defeat of the dark race and there presence in Europe.
Who were ten generals of Athens assembly were appointed?
Each of the ten Athenian tribes elected a general. It was an annual appointment, so there ware thousands of them over time.
What did the Ancient Greeks drink apart from wine?
The Ancient Greeks drank wine all day long! Some children and adults drank water but; this was risky as wells could be poisoned or have deadly diseases such as cholera and polio.
How was architecture like art in ancient Greece?
There were paintings in ancient greece, but due to decomposition we dont have many findings. Well preserved paintings (in walls) we can find in the palace of Knossos (Minoan civilization).
How did government collect taxes in ancient Greece?
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How did the hoplite phalanx change greek society?
Hoplite tactics modified Greek political norms primarily due to their equipment requirement. The Greek hoplite was well armored, and bronze chestpieces, helmets, and greaves not to mention weaponry and shield were only attainable by those of a certain wealth. This concentrated military power in the hands of an elite, giving many what they would feel should be more say in how the government operates. With leading citizens as critical components to Grecian armies, it becomes easier to see how "Deomcratic" trends emerged. Let us not forget that in many Greek cities the ratio of Citizens to Slaves was quite unfavorable to the Citizens. Hoplite warfare, by requiring expensive arms excluded the underclasses and allowed the social elite to monpolize force. Addendum: We should not overemphasise the elite division of population. The normal hoplite was a small farmer (peasant in later terminology). Indirect sources indicate that they probably had property of perhaps 2,000 drachma, which at a 10 percent return amounts to 200 dr annual income (in produce). At the prices which we have record for for wheat, there would barely be enough to feed a family of five with a slave, and maintain a ploughing ox (Socrates who was an hoplite admitted to property of 300 dr, though that was during general impoverishment during the Peloponnese War). So the average hoplite lived an economically uncertain life, which could in our terms be described as a life of grinding poverty. And Athenian farms were mostly too infertile to raise wheat, so they had to live on inferior grains. As for the cost of arms, most obviously were passed from father to son, and other sons equipped from battlefield spoils (which is why the emphasis in the literature on stripping the dead, and fighting over ownership of the armour). So the 'elite' class was in fact the mostly the ordinary farmer, and the reason he was prepared to fight was to protect his farm. The bottom third of the citizenry was the unpropertied class. However they had the opportunity to earn subsistence rowing in the navy (in Athens anyway). So power was basically in the hands of two thirds of the population - the hoplites. The Greek word oligarchy means rule of the few, but it didn't really have to be a few. A narrow oligarchy might have a small number of richer men dominant, but aristocracies were generally overthrown and replaced by tyrannies - a popular man prepared to give a fair deal to the broad base of people, but who had to keep a bodyguard to avoid the aristocrats seizing power again. Democracies progressively replaced the tyrants when the mass of small farmers gained the confidence to take over governance of the city-state. A measure of who was in the elite can be gauged not by the hoplite class but by the cavalry. In these poor farming countries, few could afford to keep a horse. Athens' cavalry amounted to about 50, as opposed to a hoplite strength of something over 30,000 in the late 5th Century BCE.
Whom did Greeks admire and respect?
Qualities admired by the Greeks included piety, courage, manliness, youth, and physical strength. These qualities are evident in their art and literature, as well as in their language--the Greek word for man is "andros", and the word for courage is "andreia". Various gods also embody these virtues, although the Greek deities had their share of vices.
In Plato's Republic book IV, Socrates defines the four virtues as prudence, temperance, courage, and justice. These four virtues were commonly assumed to be the primary virtues by many Greeks.
Name two important ideas given to us by the ancient Greeks?
I think it's polytheism and war because war was part of their religion. Other than that I think it's in your textbook
Why were the Persians able to surround the Greeks defending Thermopylae Pass?
That had everything to do with local geography. At the point where the Spartans and their allies had put up their blockade the terrain was very narrow. Even though the Persians according to legend had 'hundreds of thousands' of soldiers, at that specific point no more than a few hundred at a time could squeeze through, which meant that the Greek army always faced an even number of adversaries or even less.
Of course the Persians could send in fresh troops every time while the Greeks had to send out mostly the same troops each time. But the Persians were hindered by the rubble and the deaths of earlier fights and not all Persian troops were fit to be sent in. The many lightly-armed and auxiliary troops would have been no match for the heavily armed and close-combat specialist Greek hoplites.
Why is Homer considered a great literary figure?
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey which are the two great epics of Greek history.
His poetry was taught on schools in Ancient Greece (which was however criticised by Plato in The Republic).
Why did winners from ancient Olympics get olive branches?
A crown of leaves, known as a laurel wreath, were given to the winners of the Olympic games because of their association with Apollo. He is often represented wearing a laurel wreath around his head.
Why did the Greeks fell a tremendous pride their culture after 460bc?
The Greeks felt a tremendous pride in their culture after the 460BC because they had performed well in the Persian war.
How was a trial on Athens different from one today?
There were no judges and lawyers at trials in ancient Athens. There was a large jury of 500 or more empanelled; it lasted one day; the prosecutor and defence had equal time; there were no rules of evidence of statements under oath - the jury usually had local knowledge, so blatant lying damaged you case; the jury voted with a yes or no tablet placed in a box; the first vote was for guilty or not guilty; the second vote was for the punishment - each side proposed a punishment - as the jury could only select one or the other, the proposals had to be reasonable or it would be ignored; there were no set punishments - it could be anything - one convicted man proposed paying for a warship for a year, which was attractive to the jury.
The effect of all this was that the large jury was the equivalent of an opinion poll of the citizenry, so trial outcomes reflected the standards an opinion of the whole community, rather than a small segment of legal practitioners and riggable of fallible small juries and set codes of punishment.
