Ancient Greec Ib14

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How does the Greek geography look?

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Greece was very isolated. Greece is surronded by the mediterranean, Ionian and Aegean seas. It's a mountainous country, small mouantain ranges kept villages separated. A lot of greek villaes are isolated on the coasts, making the sea an important means of transport.

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What are the consequenses of Greece's geography?

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It led to development of small, independent communities and political fragmentation. This independance has a connection to the start of the greek city state.

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Minoans

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Arrived to Crete in 2000 B.C.E. Built a great civilization. Brought down by numerous factors

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Mycenaeans

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Warriors from the city Mycenae. Warlike people. Many cities destroyed by erthquakes by 1200 BC.E.Advanced civilazation for the time

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What followed the Minoans and Mycenaeans?

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The dark age (1100-800)

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Polis

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The Polis was the greek city state. The key political and institutional system of ancient greece. Different poleis had different cultures but agreed on one thing

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Acropolis

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High Polis. Asignificant location (such as a temple) build on a rocky hill in the Polis. Overlooked the town, farmlands and the marketplace in the open space below.

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What was the Agora and what was its purpose?

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An open marketplace where people exchanged olives, bread etc but some historians argue that they also exchanged ideas there. Therefor this might have helped the development of democracy

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What was the culture in Athens like?

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First true democracy. Accepting and welcoming of foreigners. Men expected to participate in politics. Rich cultural life. Females were not citizens and had little freedom.

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What is sparta and wat was the spartan culture like?

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Famous for warrior culture, strongest army in greece . They were suspicious of outsiders and did not like to be away from home. They had an oligarchy which means they were ruled by few. They had two kings. The lived a diciplined life with few luxuries and boys entered military training at the age of seven.

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Persia

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The persian empire was the largest and most powerful empire in the ancient world. It was a monarchy with a large number of skilled officials who helped run the empire. The most famous cities in the empire were Persepolis and Babylon. The cities had modern irrigation systems, well constructed roads and a postal service.

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why did Persia and athens go to war?

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1. Greeks travelled widely throughout the region and established colonies.

2. Several of these colonies were conquered by persians.

3.The greeks who lived there resented being ruled by Persia.

4. They enlisted thehelp of mainland Greeks to stage a series of revolts.

5.The Persian emperors resented greek interferance and decided to teach the greeks a lesson...

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When was the war between persian and athens?

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around 490 bce to 479 bce

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how many persians were there and how many greeks faught?

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300 000 persians, 7000 greeks

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Who won and at what battle?

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The Athenians at the battle of Thermopylae

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How did the athenians win when they were greatly outnumbered?

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To get to centeral greek the persians had to pass though a narrow canyon. The canyon was at a place called Thermopylae. The spartan king Leonidas placed 300 spartans at the mouth of the canyon and delayed the persian advance. Meanwhile the Athenian navy destroyed the persian fleet with the help of a storm.

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what happened after to athens after the athenian victory?

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They rose to dominate greece. Its powerful navy allowedit to defend and extend its empire. It became considerably wealthier and more populated than sparta. became famous for being the home of democracy and socrates.

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What was the war between sparta and athens called, when did it break out and what caused it?

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The peloponnesian war. 431BCE. The rivalry between the kingdoms.

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who won the peloponnesian war and why?

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The spartans. 430bce the plague spread through athens. Its victims had a high fever and some resorted to diving into water supplies to cool down - spreading the plague further. In 404 BCE the athenians surrendered.

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What were the two periods of greek history and when were they?

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The hellenic, 35000 - 338 bce and the Hellenistic period ten years from the reign of alexander the great to the spread of greek culture from spain to india ( 336-100 bce)

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Time line: minoan and mycenaen civilizations

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2000-1000 bce

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timeline: greece's darke age; evolution of the polis

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1100-800 bce

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timeline: archaic age; rise of sparta and athens

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800-500 bce

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timeline: spread of greek population in the mediterranean

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750-550 bce

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timeline: birth and development of tragic drama, historical writing and philosophy

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525-322 bce

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Timeline: rise of the philosophies of socrates plato and aristotole

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470-322 bce

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timeline: rise of the epicurean and stoic philosophies

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340-250 bce

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timeline: rise of alexander the greai

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336-323 bce

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What were the two major developments during the archaic age?

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spread of the greeks people and the rise of sparta and athens which formed new political and social structures.

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what happened during the classical period?

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Greek civilization reached its highest point in politics thought and art. The rise of theater and philosphy. socrates plato and aristotoles began a broad examination of the universe and the humans in it.

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wHAT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE HELLENIC WORLD

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The mixing of peoples in the hellenic era influenced religion philosophy and science.

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What were the two bodies responsible for making laws called?

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The boule (ca five hundred members) and the ecclesia (assembly of all citizens)

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Name 4 artisans

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Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes

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Who was the greatest scientis of the hellenic era?

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Archimedes

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Who were the most important philosophers?

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Socrates, Plato and Aristoteles

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Who was alexander the great?

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Son of macedonian king Philip the second. He conquered the entire persian empire along with many other teritories east of persia as well as funding new cities where greek and local populations mixed

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Koine

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greek dialect spoken by everyone which made trade easier and constributed to the prosperity of this era.

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mystery religions

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religious systems in the hellenistic world that incorporated aspects of both greek and eastern religions; they were characterized by secret doctrines, rituals of initiation and the promise of afterlife.