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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 group found many of the classical manuscripts of ancient Greece and Rome in monasteries'?
The group was called the Humanists.
What were popular names in ancient Greece?
Names were often a compound of two words, one part of which might be a god/goddess.
A popular beginning was Aristo- (good) with a following part such as phanes (appearing) hence the comedy playwright Aristophanes.
And Aristotle the philosopher (=best purpose).
Also Cleopatra the last queen of Egypt (cleo = glory, patros = of the father). Pericles (peri- in excess, kleos = glory).
Heracles (or Hercules - Hera = goddess Hera, kles = glory of)
For a non-compound names Helen (helene = torch), Hector (hector = holding fast).
How many Persians where there at the battle of Plataea?
The number is uncertain - best guesstimates are abuot 25,000 infantry with 1,000 cavalry in the force. All the cavalry and some of the infabtry were not engaged in the battle as they were being rowed around the coast to land and take Athens while its army was at Marathon 26 miles away.
What did the ancient Greeks use to make statues in their houses?
Ancient Greeks did not make any statues in their houses as you say. The statues were sculpted in workshops by highly trained sculptors. The materials they mainly used for this purpose were fine marble, which was later painted on (it's a misconception that the statues were originally colorless) and bronze. Hope i helped somehow
What does the Roman portrait sculpture The Four Tetrarchs represent?
It represents the Tetrarchs. This is a term which has been coined to indicate the emperors of the system of government created by the emperor Diocletian. In 285 he designated his fellow general Maximian as co-emperor. in 293 the designated two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinated to Diocletian and Maximian who became senior emperors (Augusti). This system had been termed the tetrarchy (rule by four in Greek). Hence the term tetrarchs for the four emperors.
The Greek world was comprised of over 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. They were constantly at war with each other and between 431 and 470 BCE fought devastating wars against each other. They were also open to selling out opponents and allies alike if offered the money. Philip 2 of Macedon therefore found it easy to bring them under his control, and later the expanding Roman Empire defeated Macedonia and absorbed the Greek cities.
We do not know for sure if Homer really existed. So we do not know if he had children. What we know is that somebody wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey and we attribute these to a possibly existing person called Homer.
Why did the Persians go to war with the Athens?
To punish it for being involved in the burning down of the Persian provincial capital of Sardis in Asia Minor eight years before, and to install a tyrant to keep it under control to prevent further misconduct.
Who tended to divide rather than unify the people of ancient Greece?
The forms of government in ancient Greece tended to divide the people of Greece rather than unify them.
What did the big dipper look like to the ancient Greeks?
The ancinet Greeks thought the Big Dipper looked like a big bear.
How many wars were in ancient Greece?
There were two main Persian campaigns into mainland Greece:
1. Darius I of Persia, in 490 BCE, sent a punitive expedition against Athens and Eretria - defeated by Athenian forces at the Battle of Marathon.
2. Xerxes I (Darius' son) - defeated in the naval battle of Salamis 480 BCE, and in 479 BCE in the land battle of Plataia and the sea-land battle of Mykale.
3. There was subsequent fighting, including the naval battles at Euurymedon 466 BCE and Cyprus 449 BCE, after which Persia signed a peace, undertaking not to intrude into Greek waters.
Why did the peloponnesian war?
In Athens, the democratic system survived. Even without the income generated by the empire, democracy proved to be a well-functioning political system.This can partly be explained from the fact that during the war, the economy of Athens changed. Once, most Athenians had been peasants; after the outbreak of the Decelean War, trade and commerce became increasingly important. These activities were almost as profitable as the old empire.Thebes increased in strength and became a major power. Sparta, on the other hand, only temporarily benefited from its victory. Its social structure was unsuited for a world larger than the Peloponnese. In the fifth century, Greece had been a bipolar political system, but changed into a multipolar system.The great victor was, of course, Persia. Not only did it regain the Greek towns in Asia, but it was to have great diplomatic influence throughout the region .Many people had been exiled and had become mercenaries to make a living. Others had become professional soldiers because they could no longer return to their farms. Warfare became specialized .
Why did Greeks need to set up colonies?
In a pre-television age, the Greeks filled in their evenings by breeding prolifically. As each Greek city-state had very limited land, and each family had just enough for subsistence, it was not possible to split it up amongst several sons. So the surplus population was periodically shipped off around the Mediterranean and Black Sea coastlines to seize land and form new city-states. This ended up with over 2,000 cities spread from Massilia (today's Marseilles) in France and Tripolis (three cities- today's Tripoli) in Libya in the West to Asia Minor and southern Russia in the East.
What happened between 287 and 212 BC in ancient Greece?
The Zhou Dynasty in China was still going on.
What influence the Phoenicians of Mesopotamia had on classical Greece?
The Phoenicians were from the Levant, not Mesopotamia. They passed on their alphabet.
Why did Greeks not like living in city states?
The reality is that they did like living in city-states, which is why they developed them. It offered people the amenities of a better life with the protection of city walls against marauders, and within them the amenities of security, accommodation and culture which they wanted.
Did the Roman conquest of Ancient Greece lead to a better or worse Society than what went on before?
no not necessarily actually the Romans improved the greek way of life.
What was the first greek civilization was located at?
Civilizations began in the city states and expanded through alliances and war. The borders of ancient Greece were ill defined but covered much the same area as modern Greece.
Was characteristic of the Greek city state Athens?
You seem to have left out 'the following' so we don't know what is in your (or your teacher's) mind.
What did the ten genrals appointed by the athenian assembly do?
The commanded sections of the army and navy. And as the executive government was in the hands of inexperienced citizens selected by lot, any important decision by the assembly of the citizens usually had a rider 'the generals to implement'. Unlike the other office bearers, the general were nominated one from each tribe - the Athenians didn't to be led in battle by someone whose name was drawn out of a hat.
If the Ancient Greeks were from Greece why were the Romans not called the Ancient Italians?
Because that's what they were. Italy, as a political entity, did not exist: the standard political unit in the classical world was the city-state. While an Athenian might also think of himself as Greek, as there were many city-states in Greece, a Roman looked down on mere Italians, as Rome was totally dominant in its sphere of Italy.
Romans were Italians - end of story. However they were citizens of Rome, just as Neapolitans were citizens of Naples (didn't call themselves Italians either).
However the Romans, as usual winners, thought of themselves as dominant, and even though eventually the other Italian peoples and cities were allied to them, they did not treat them as equals - Romans had superior legal rights, and exploited them too in commercial dealings with their allies. This led to what has been called the Social War (socii = allies) in the early 1st Century BCE, where many of Rome's Italian allies revolted. It was a close run thing, and when it eventually scraped home, Rome learnt and extended Roman citizenship to all its Italian allies, who, while Italians too, also became Romans.
Roman citizenship was gradually extended to other ethnics as the empire expanded. By three hundred years later, all peoples in the empire were given Roman citizenship and became Romans, whether they were Latins, other Italians, Greeks, Gauls, Britons, Spaniards, Syrians or whatever.
