Mycenaean Greece

important to ancient Greek culture during this time, the games were original founded as a religious celebration to honor and celebrate the importance of Greek religion. The first founding of the Olympic games dates all the way back to 776 B.C in Olympia, Greece. Although there are several myths of who was the first creator of these games, the importance behind forming this unique festival was religion. In 776, Greeks all across Europe came together in a religious celebration to worship the gods.…

in ancient Greece shaped the lives of its citizens. Seas allowed for easy transportation and a better trading system. On land, the mountains covering Greece divided the country into smaller, independent communities. Because the land had little fertile farmland and fresh water, Greece couldn’t support a large population. The varied climate and moderate temperature in Greece also promoted outdoor life. Mycenaean Civilization Develops: The Mycenaeans were a thriving civilization in Greece. Their…

Greeks have contributed many facts and inventions that have influenced our modern society. It is believed that the first Ancient Greek civilizations were formed nearly 4,000 years ago (1600 BC). These early civilizations were formed by the strong Mycenaeans of Crete, a Greek Island. The ancient Greeks contributed to many aspects of our modern civilization, including theatre, architecture, politics, literature, and sciences. The Greeks made lots of stories to help them learn about their world.…

In an epic as powerful as Homer’s Odyssey, it is often times challenging for people to understand the true impact it has had on readers still to this day. Not only do readers, critics, historians, etc, forget about this impact, they forget about the significance and impact it had on ancient Greek society as a whole. Homer’s Odyssey was created during a time where the Greek people were proud of the array of achievements they had to hold and could only boast to the rest of the world the pride they…

It has always been a dream of mine to compete long distance races at the Olympic Games. With that in mind, I hadn’t thought about the origins of distance racing at a competitive level. Without the Greeks’ establishment for the Games, the modern Olympics may never had been created. Certainly the ancient Olympics, first foot races need far more attention than they receive. A large part of the Greek education was a healthy body and a competitive spirit and so that organized one of the first…

There is a rich and vast history of athletics in the Greek world, but what most history overlooks, is what the winners went through to compete in the Olympics and if they win where would they end up. Through the 12 centuries, each Olympic winner would be seen as an immortal demi god. Even After a winner’s death legends would be told of his victories. How was life after winning the Olympics and what affect did it have on Greeks? Not all men could compete in the Greek games only free Greeks were…

what we can never match is the affect the games had on everyday society and the lives of the common and upper class people in city’s sates. These games become incredible important to the city-states because they brought the Greek world together and Greece became one and not the separate city sates. The Olympics games become a mecca of Greek society every four years where hundreds of Greeks would travel thousands of miles to watch these games. Having a colossal Olympic event in your biggest and…

Disciplining Modern Turkey: Historiographical analysis of the Ideology of Mustafa Kemal “Atatürk” The longevity of the Ottoman Empire is undeniable. From its beginnings in 1299 to its end in 1922 the Ottomans were one of the world’s longest functioning empires, with its geography reaching to large parts of Africa, Asia, and Arabia. Though the Ottoman’s lasted seven centuries, the empire was in an increasing state of tortuous decline beginning in the sixteenth century. This decline was inflicted…

financial dealings of some countries caused problems in 2009, when the bubble finally burst, both these debtor countries, like Greece, and lender countries, such as Germany, began to realize that defaulting on governmental debts was an option. This bubble effect across all of Europe caused the major…

Wreath From Central Macedonia in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki” published in The Annual of the British School at Athens, discusses a gold myrtle wreath, which was acquired by the Getty Museum in 1993, and sent back to Greece in 2007. This gold myrtle wreath currently resides in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. This particular article concentrates on provenance, dating, and comparisons. There is a detailed analysis of the structures of…