architectural style‚ they differed in religious beliefs. The Greek and Roman Empires declined due to internal conflict. When Alexander the Great conquered‚ he took control‚ mixing many aspects of the culture. This created a Hellenistic period that lasted from 323 BCE to 31 BCE‚ in which all the city-states had Greek aspects‚ such as art and literature. When Alexander the Great died‚ Greece divided politically among his generals‚ creating a war over power between Greek city states‚ Athens and Sparta
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expansion. After the loss to the Greek army and naval forces the Persians were left vulnerable while the Greeks were thrust into a Golden age. The Persians left a large imprint on history by pushing the world into the path of globalization. Alexander the Great
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WOH Notes * B.C.E * Before the Common Era * A.D. * Does not mean After Death * Iraq/ Kuwait area named (4) different names * Mesopotamia * Fertile Crescent * Sumeria * Cradle of Civilization * Zigerath * Temples of ancient Sumeria * City State * Independent political economic entity which dominated the area around the city * Bigger than a city‚ smaller than state * Sumeria * Cuneiform (soonyform)
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Artemis was unable to step in and stop from burning the temple because she was busy helping with the birth of Alexander the Great‚ who was born that same night. The Ephesians declared that his name should never be spoken again‚ but Strabo recorded it for history. Strabo was Greek geographer and philosopher. Although rebuilding soon began‚ the temple was still not complete when Alexander visited Ephesus in 334 BC. He wanted to pay for the work to be completed but was stopped by the Ephesians
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Then an emergency in the court caused Cambyses to go back to Persia‚ but he died on his way back and Darius the Great took the throne. After two uprisings in a year‚ many realms in the Persian Empire revolted. The most notable being “those of Phraortes of Media and Nidintu-Bêl of Babylonia.” After nineteen battles his reign in the empire was finally balanced‚ using
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323-30 BCE) extends from the death of Alexander until the death of Cleopatra‚ when Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. The great cultural centers of the era were no longer the city-states of Archaic and Classical Greece but royal capitals such as Alexandria in Egypt and Pergamon in Asia Minor. Both architects and sculptors broke
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Greek Sculpture Greek Sculpture evolved and transformed throughout the ancient civilization through nearly nine hundred years and three major historical periods. Over the lengthy time that the Greeks prospered‚ many artists and sculptors worked to perfect the arts that they labored on. They started from the ground up and their art continuously developed from the feet‚ eventually up to the head where the sculpture was perfected. Each period‚ from the Geometric to the Hellenistic had significant
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(1200 about troy timeline) writing reemerges in the 700-800 getting out of the dark ages. 750/700-480 Archaiac period (ends with persion destruction of athens) 480-323 Classical period (great bldgs in athens/plays/comdies/tradgeies 323-30 Hellenistic period (period after the death of alexander the great) hellous became greek 776 first olypimcs (about the time emerging from the dark ages) 480 persians destroy athens 404 sparta defeats athens (near end of
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invented the steam engine‚ wind-powered machinery‚ and theories of light that couldn’t be improved for centuries. And then he invented some really crazy stuff. Scientific geniuses have to pull off a tricky balancing act before they’re even born. Great minds like Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton were born at precisely the right time for their ideas to be really revolutionary - just far enough ahead of their time to be trailblazers‚ but not so far ahead that people had no idea what they were talking
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The era before Christ was filled with kings that wanted an empire like no one has ever seen before. Throughout history we hear about many empires that tried to take over territories to become great but only a few succeed. Both Assyrians menacing ways and Persians new approach to conquering both lead great nations in their time. Though like everyone else their era eventually comes to an end‚ both of these powerhouses showed the world new inventions and had an enormous will to be the greatest of all
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