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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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Why did the Persian hate the Greeks?
They were not 'afraid'. They took the necessary steps to oppose the Persian empire and were successful in beating them in several battles on land and sea in 480, 479, 468 and 450 BCE, finally signing a peace with then in 449 BCE
Did the ancient Greeks believe that disease came from a natural cause?
No they thought that they were being punished from the gods.
None of them: the devil is a Biblical/Christian belief.
In greek mythology Hades is the god of the Underworld. While in Roman mythology it is Pluto.
Why didn't Sparta benefit more from its victory in the Peloponnesian War?
The end of the war did not bring peace to the Greeks, who continued their customary fighting amongst each other in changing alliances. Wars had so reduced Spartan manpower that they could not match the armies of others, and after being leading city-state for 35 years after the Peloponnesian War, it was defeated by Thebes and became a second rate power barely able to control its own territory and a restive serf population.
What ancient Greeks were paired correctly with the field to which made important contributions?
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How did the Greeks attempt to stop Rome's invasion of Greece?
The Romans did not actually invade Greece. They had 68 year of military involvement in mainland Greece before they annexed it. The Romans waged the First Macedonian War (214-205 B.C.) against the kingdom of Macedon, the largest and most powerful state in mainland Greece with the help of Greek allies: the Aetolian League, the cities of Sparta, Elis and Messenia and the Kingdom of Pergamon. After this the Romans left Greece. They fought the Second Macedonian War (200-196 B.C.) because her allies, Pergamon and Rhodes, asked her from protection against the aggressive policies of Macedon. The Aetolian league and Athens also fought alongside Rome. The Aetolian league, instead, defected and fought alongside the Seleucids. A coalition between Rome, Macedon, the Achaean League, Macedon, Pergamum, and Rhodes fought against and defeated Sparta In the Laconian War, of 195 B.C. Then the Romans left Greece again. They fought the Seleucid/Syrian War (192-188 B.C.) against the Syria-based Seleucid Empire because it invaded Greece. Pergamon and Rhodes fought alongside the Romans again. Macedon supported Rome. It did not fight, but allowed the Romans to cross its territories to pursue the Seleucids fleeing to Turkey. Despite the Seleucid propaganda of wanting to liberate Greece, only the Aetolian league, which defected, and Athamania fought alongside them.
The Romans fought the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BC)the new king of Macedon, Perseus, who increased the size of his army, made alliances with Epirus (in western Greece) and several peoples near Greece, moved aggressively against his neighbours and said that he could carry out reforms in Greece and restore its previous strength and prosperity. Pergamon accused Perseus of wanting to take over other states and of violating the peace conditions with Rome. The Romans worried about the balance of power in Greece. When Perseus was implicated in an assassination plot against a Roman ally, Rome, declared war. The Romans won and took the court and members of leading families as prisoners, some around 300,000 Macedonians were enslaved, and some cities and villages were destroyed. The Romans thought that there could be no peace in Greece without breaking Macedon's power. Macedon was divided into four client republics. Economic and political contacts between them were restricted.
A Fourth Macedonian War (150 BC-148 B.C.) was fought against a rebellion led by a pretender to the Macedonian throne who pretended to be the son of former king and wanted to re-establish the old Macedonian Kingdom. This destabilised Greece. The Romans defeated the Macedonian forces. Two years later the Roman annexed Macedon, which became a Roman province, together with Epirus and Thessaly. In the same years the Achaean League rose up in arms and was defeated. The Romans destroyed Corinth. The whole of Greece was now annexed.
Why didn't Philip II conquer the Persian Empire?
I presume you mean Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. Philip spent much of his reign conquering and extending his influence in Greece and its near neighbours, having inherited a weakened kingdom from his brother. By the time he had consolidated his position as leader of the League of Corinth and was ready to start turning to attack Persia, it was 337 B.C., and he was assassinated the following year with the invasion hardly started.
How big were the ancient greek schools?
Children were educated at home by parents. Richer families could afford a tutor, either sending male children to small classes, of if really rich, having the tutor teach them at their home.
How many people can fit in the ancient Greek Olympic Stadium?
The Ancient greek theatre could hold just about 20,000 spectators. It also had 32 rows of seats. The upper diazoma had another 32 rows of seats. Later on the theatre got increased by 72 rows. With 67 officials' thrones in the first row, which were built of white Pentelic marble.
What were the Delian League and its purpose?
The League was a coalition of Greek city-states whose purpose was to thwart Persian expansionist policies .
What 3 aspects of Italy's geography made it easier to unify Greece?
Italy is a peninsula; it is centrally located on the continent (shape of a boot); city of Rome is the center of Italy.
What were the cause and effects of the spread of Greek culture?
ok so one of the effects is that athena had a baby but she didnt know she was having a baby because she was on her period and no one thought that was humanly((or goddessly)) possible. but it happened she followed up on the birth and thats the story of how there are children in the world.
City state where Gilgamesh was priest king?
According to the Epic of Gilgamesh, he was priest king of the city-state Uruk in the kingdom of Sumer.
What are some of Augustus downfalls?
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
Augustus had his problems but was able to overcome most of them. His main one was his health followed by the several plots against him. A big blow to him personally was the unexpected death of Agrippa, and the deaths of his grandsons. His biggest downfall was the scandal of his daughter Julia, one he never recovered from.
What form of government was born in the ancient Greek culture?
Ancient Athens is known for having a direct democracy, which is when the people directly vote on the laws. There are no representatives, the people meet together and run the government themselves.
Why did most Greeks admire the spartan state?
The Greeks admired their strength. They were powerful and other than there numbers had strategy and conquered.
What was one of the results of being defeated in the peloponnesian war in 404 BC?
Athens surrendered unconditionally to the Peloponnesian League forces besieging it.
It was stripped of its empire and had to live on its own limited resources, which put an end to the lavish expenditure on the city and inhabitants, and dominance of its fleet, all previously subsidised by the 180 cities of its empire. It became a second-rate power thereafter, able to intervene only in concert with other cities rather than dragging other cities along with it into its adventurous interference in the affairs of other cities.
The question should be what is alkebulan? Alkebulan - Definition Did you know that the ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan? "Among the many names Alkebu-lan ["mother of mankind" or "garden of eden"] was called are the following: "Ethiopia, Corphye, Ortegia, Libya and Africa - the latest of all. Alkebulan is the oldest and the only one of indigenous origin. It was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians. Africa, the current misnomer adopted by almost everyone today , was given to this continent by the ancient Greeks and Romans. "
The Kemeticic Kalendar The Kemetic civilization is one of the oldest in the world. The Kemetic Kalendar dates back to 4241 BC, and the Sothic cycle they used is 1,468 years. In ancient Kemetic mythology, Djehuty was the god of the moon, god of wisdom, the measurer of time, and the inventor of writing and numbers. He is credited with devising the standard 365-day year. The Kemetic Kalendar clearly took into account the lunar cycles, as it, according to Herodotus, "consist[ed] of twelve divisions of the seasons." and they used forms of intercalation to keep the lunar Kalendar seasonally consistent. "the Kemetians, reckoning thirty days to each of the twelve months, add five days in every year over and above the total, and thus the completed circle of seasons is made to agree with the Kalendar." Seemingly, the solar Kalendar was included indirectly in their consideration of the seasons.
Creation Story Shu (shoe), the son of the sun god, Re (ray), reigned as king of Kemetians for many years. When his daughter Nut (newt) fell in love with the god Geb (gebb), Shu was wildly jealous. To keep the lovers far apart, he turned Nut into the sky and Geb into the earth. Then he cursed Nut with barrenness, proclaiming that there were no months of the year in which she could give birth. Djehuty, the god of the moon, time, and measure, took pity on Nut and Geb. He challenged the reigning gods to a game of dice and soundly beat them all. As his prize he asked the gods to give him five days in addition to those that already existed. Djehuty in turn presented the five extra days to the sky goddess, Nut. Because these five extra days did not belong to any particular month, they did not fall under Shu's curse. Thus, the goddess was able to use them to produce five children, including Asar and Aset. Prior to Djehuty's gift, each of the twelve months of the Kemetic Kalendar had 30 days, resulting in a 360-day year. Djehuty's act of kindness reconciled the Kemetic Kalendar with the earth's actual 365-day cycle. Information retrieved from: http://www.alkebulankalendar.com/main.html
What was one reason city-states shifted to democracy?
One reason city-states shifted to democracy was because the people wanted a say in the government. They wanted to be able to vote on laws.
Who planned the wooden horse trick?
in the Trojan war the greek's pretended they had given up their siege of troy and pretended to go home, leaving a giant wooden horse behind as a supposed trophy but they hid greek warriors in the wooden horse so they were taken into the city with the horse. At night the greek warriors climbed ut of the horse, opened the city gates for the rest of the greek army that had now returned and they slaughtered the trojans in their beds.
Why did King Philip 2 of Macedonia take an interest in conquering Greeks?
Philip II of Macedon King of Macedonia and Conqueror of Illyria and Thrace was himself a hostage of the Greeks at Thebes, between 368 and 365 BC. Often Greeks were sold as slaves in the part of Phillip 11. That was how he felt about them.
Who was the greek god of beer?
In ancient Greek mythology, Silenus is the God of Beer and a drinking companion.
Dionysus is the God of intoxicating drinks like wine and beer. Hi was the son of Zeus and considered Silenus his tutor
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Who did Greece enjoy a golden age under?
"Ancient Greece" was not a kingdom, it was a geographical region made up of several poleis (sing. polis) such as Athens, Sparta, Thebes etc. Each polis had its own forms of government, which evolved over time. Sparta had a bi-monarchy (two kings) and a council of elders; Athens had an oligarchy, then tyrants, then a democracy. During the golden age of Athens, the most famous leader was Pericles. He was a political and military leader, but never a king.
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Actually... Greece was a kingdom and the QUEEN was YOUR MOM
