Greece

Morgan Leris Cultures Paper Greece For my cultures paper I chose Greece, a country within southeast, Europe. Greece has thousands of islands and multiple seas around it. The most important thing about Greece is their history; ancient and present day. Their history is split between seven different periods. Them being Neolithic, Helladic, Ancient Greece, Roman Greece, Byzantine Greece, Ottoman Greece, and Modern Greece. All which play an important role it the countries history. In each part of history, information changes and varies. Things such as the Geography, Art, Economy and culture. To start off, Neolithic was the first of the seven historical periods of Greece. This period happened between 7000 BC through 3200 BC. During…

The Rising and Falling of the Greece Nowadays, people believed that Greek shaped the original culture of the Western civilization. It is also a junction for the Eastern and Western civilization. There are three significant periods of the Greeks: the Hellenic periods (2000-338 B.C.E), the Hellenistic period (336-323 B.C.E), and the period of the conquest by Roman (200-146 B.C.E).[ Page 54] During the periods, the people of Greece had the remarkable contribution on many careers, such as Science,…

Greece Geography: About four-fifths of Greece is mountain which incorporate most of the islands around Greece. Mountain Olympus is one of the highest peak and was the legendary home of the ancient Gods. The four observable geographical regions that Greece has is Pindus, Epirus, Thessaly, and Thrace. Pindus divide Northern Greece into damp mountains while Epirus is in the West and sunny, dry plains and lesser mountain ranges. The Eastern region which is Thessaly is mainly all plains, and Thrace…

Greece is a country located in southwestern Europe on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula possessing a group of about 2,000 islands and covering more than 130,000 square kilometers of land. The country's official name was Hellenic Republic which is a historiographic term used for a series of councils and “Provincial Governments” during the Greek War of Independence. Greece shares borders with four other countries including: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey. Greece has a strategic…

Classical Greece, or Hellenic Greece compared to Hellenistic Greece have a lot of differences. The overall cultural and lifestyle changed significantly between the city states and the communities at the time of Alexander’s death in 323 B.B.E. The variety of differences in culture include the study of philosophy, and literary art. In the Hellenic Greece, philosophers, such as Plato’s republic, Aristotle, and Socrates displayed the importance of a citizen’s intimate relationship with the…

A pivotal transformation that distinguishes the change between the Hellenic Greece and Hellenistic Greece is the Geography and the way it shaped out the communities. During the Hellenic period, the once-independent Greek city-states, which had expanded their influence throughout much of the Mediterranean basin, were conquered and united by the Macedonians. From then on the cities states became known as the Greco-Macedonians whose goal is to conquer the Persian Empire under Alexander. The name,…

In World Book Advanced it explains in Ancient Greece, successful unique city states emerged like Athens and Sparta. Some of these city states, most notably of which is Athens, encouraged democracy. There was disunity among these city states until the Persians initiated war. The Persian Empire was one of the greatest of ancient times and was expanding rapidly. It was the Spartans and Athenians united that the Persians were able to defeat the Persian forces. It was their finest hour when they were…

Greece is an astonishing land. It is a highly mountainous area, and it is full of rich culture. However, it’s economic state is sub-par compared to the United States and China, it is full of beautiful scenery that makes up for it. It is also home to the famous city of Athens, which is its capital. Greece, also known as the Hellenic Republic is an extremely interesting country, with beauty in every place you go. Greece is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe, due to these mountains,…

Once the citizen don't have the maturity to understand this there will be crisis like in Greece. Greeks have been enjoying lavish life so far and if the austerity measures have been imposed on Greece then these people have to compromise a lot on their living standards which they never want. Before this critical situation of Greece, the people their used to have a very smooth life like taking early retirement, minimal travelling expenses or huge pension funds. But if the austerity imposed they…

Olympias sat watching from the clouds at the little specks of color wandering around. She loved watching humans go about their everyday actions, buying things from the market, children playing, adults talking, Olympias loved it all. The people of Athens brought joy to Olympias heart. People at the time never seemed to rush or worry about whether they would be late for work or how much time they had left to play. Everyone was always joyful and happy, no one knew about time. But they soon would,…