Mycenaean Greece

The Persian wars were battles between Greece and the Persian empire, this war started in 490 BCE and ended in 479 BCE. Greece is a country in the south eastern area of Europe and wasn’t united as a country but split into many different city-states. Athens and Sparta(who were great enemies) eventually combined forces to fight against Persia. At the time, the Persian empire was the biggest empire that conquered from southern Egypt to Eastern India. It was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the great.…

Roman and Greek are one of the most important and the best civilizations in the history. Greek temples are much bigger than Romans temple. The two civilizations look like each other, so that the people got confused to differentiate between them, although they have some difference between, because of the influences of the Romans on the Greek. But also the Romans have a unique style. Greek temples are much bigger than Romans temple. Roman people used to build their temple to worship…

their people and their ways of living. We will be looking at and going over some of the main parts of their empires, from their famous leaders to the reason(s) for their declines. Famous leaders: There are many famous leaders from both Ancient Greece and Rome, who all made some sort of impact in their lives and the lives of others in their time period, like Plato, Augustus, and Aristotle. I would like to list two from each civilization that…

everyday lives. This was through their system of polytheism, their orthopraxic rituals, democratically elected religious officials, the patron deities of their Polis, and the rites of passage that every citizen went through. Civic religion in ancient Greece was the way that the ancient people practiced religion in their everyday lives. It combined their households with their communities, and their communities with their government or city-states. Crime towards the gods, impiety or Asebeia, was…

Ancient Greece was often associated with warfare, mythology, sports, and drama. However, those were just a fraction of the success that the Ancient Greeks experienced between 490 B.C. and 323 B.C. in Classical Greece. It is often considered the Golden Age of western civilization, where the empire experiences peace, prosperity, and happiness. During this period, peace and equality were allowed to prosper by establishing treaties and democracy. There was also economic stability through the use of…

Ancient Greek Civilization: The Golden Age I. Introduction At least 2000 years before Christ, on the Island of Crete emerged the first Greek Civilization. Under the leadership of a general name, Pericles, Greece reached its Golden Age or Classical Period, which was later believed to be among the greatest civilizations ever existed. During that period, the Greek culture flourished and the city-state of Athens became the world’s first democracy. Nonetheless, similarly to others, the Greek…

The Greek Gods were a belief in ancient Greece. The three main Gods were Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. The romans believed that these were their gods and if you worshipped them nothing bad would happen to you. The Greeks feared the Gods yet also praised them. They did not want any misfortune to happen to them. The romans believed that each god controlled a part of life. They believed that Zeus was the god of gods The ruler of the skies. They believed that Zeus overthrew his father Kronos with his…

Written roughly two millenniums ago in Ancient Greece, The Odyssey has become a highly praised piece of writing and has been read by many people worldwide. Two thousand years later, the film Batman Begins was released. Both of these works have achieved groundbreaking success in having a place in the hearts of its audiences. To begin, both The Odyssey and Batman Begins had plots written under the Hero’s journey format. As in many hero stories, the plot begins with the main characters, Odysseus…

Greek myths were created a few thousand years ago, but they still apply to many aspects of life today. Greek myths are still relevant today through words, themes in superhero stories, and brand names. Many words used today are based on Greek mythology. One of these cases is the adjective ‘tantalize’. This word comes from the story of Tantalus. In this myth, Tantalus tries to feed his son to the gods, offending the gods. Because of his actions, he is sent to be tortured in the Underworld. His…

Athens was the birth place of democracy, it was around 507BC when the Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced a series of political reforms known as the demokratia, which means ‘rule by the people’ (Cartledge, 2011) The following essay will assess the demokratia, arguing that ancient Athens was a real democracy. The first consideration is the great quality of democracy displayed in the Athenian political system. Then, the institutions that Athens had in place were democratic and produced…