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himself a son of Zeus, a Greek God. Alexander the Great really wanted to connect the Greek and Persian cultures. He appointed Persians high military statuses in his military. Alexander the Great was fine with allowing other cultures to keep their practices as long as they did not cause trouble for him. Alexander had also come up with an amazing idea that establishes one universal language instead of many obsolete languages. He chose to make Greek the universal language. Alexander created…

countries such as Greece still sought to break away from their oppressors. The Greeks gained their independence from the Turks in 1830 when the European powers finally stepped in after being reluctant due to their own personal interest in Greece and other territories in the Ottoman Empire. Leading up to their revolution, various opinions over the Greeks and the condition of Greece itself arised. Various people believed that the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire were either courageous, glorious beings…

and ethnicity are both important aspects of identity in the modern world. Given their centrality in today’s identity politics, the study of race and ethnicity has naturally found its way into the pages of studies on the ancient Mediterranean. The Greeks and Romans are thought to have been the progenitors of ideas and philosophies which the modern “Western” world has inherited and promulgated. This applies in particular to conceptions of race and ethnicity. There have been numerous studies on…

earlies Greek civilization evolved over thousands of years ago. Many historians claim that the ancient Greek were the founders of Western civilization but others believe that the Greek civilization was obtain from Africa and Egypt. The rise of the Greek civilization developed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, near the west coast of Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands. Greece has made a long lasting contribution in our modern architecture, literature, medicine, art and philosophers. The rise of…

influential period for Europe and other parts of the world too. Ancient Greece from 800-150 BC was a very influential period for the Greeks. From around 800-500 BC they discovered many new different art styles and encountered many different forms such as architecture, pottery, sculpture. This period in ancient Greece is known as the Archaic Period. During this period the Greeks had discovered many new political enhancements. They were enlightened with the idea of a democracy and began to form…

Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest confirmed form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC. It is descended from the older Linear A, an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language. It is also the only one of the three "Linears" to be deciphered, by English architect and self-taught linguist Michael Ventris. The script was discovered by…

One reason Alexander was considered so successful was because he united many different nations and made his territory hellenistic. He made a blend of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian societies. The Koine language formed from this type of culture and became very widespread among traders during this time. Alexander also manages to bring Greek culture to the limits of the known world at the time, which means he aided in…

philosophical, scientific, and artistic. Like in the Helladic period, these achievements made what the Western European Culture is today. In 776 BC is when the first Olympic Games were held. The religion grew and developed for 1000’s of years. The Greeks believed in myths or folktales. They had Olympian Gods and Goddesses such as Poseidon,God of Seas, Zues, King of Gods, and Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. They believed and thought about these Gods and Goddesses. Athens became the birth place of…

The brain is an amazing part of the human body that has the ability to pick up on moods, behaviours and actions it sees and learns from the environment and retain what it has learnt, and this shapes people to become who they are. These influences are called social agents and they influence the lives of everybody from a very young age up until they grow old. Some agents are more influential for some people and less so for others depending on the way they have been brought up, some of these bring…

successful military commanders of all time. He used and unbeatable military formation, called a phalanx, which is a row of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder. He trained and used persians in his army, even though the Persians were enemies of the Greeks at the time. He was only 18 when he won his first battle. And in the following eleven years, he marched over 22,000 miles and never lost a battle…