The two most dominating city-states in Greece of their time‚ Athens and Sparta‚ were great rivals with two very different ways of life. Sparta’s overbearing military and Athens’ impartial justice system and government are models for many modern day countries. Even though these two city-states differ greatly from one another‚ they share many characteristics of their country and their time period. Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful Greek territories of their time. Like most cities of
Free Ancient Greece Greece Classical Athens
Cole Mills - World History 11/12/2012 Contributions of Ancient Greece – Alexander III the Great Alexander III the Great‚ the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella‚ the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was son of Phillip II‚ King of Macedonia. He spent his childhood watching his father make Macedon a great military power‚ winning victory after victory on the battlefields. When
Premium Alexander the Great Greece Ancient Greece
“Entertainment. Can you find parallels between Ancient Rome and today’s America in terms of what they like to do for entertainment?” The human mind is an amazing supercomputer that is capable of wondrous things. Even the greatest of men have not come close to fathoming the true abilities of the brain. The information that is known‚ however‚ is mind boggling to say the least. An example of such potential is the fact that the brain can process information as fast as 268 miles per hour; it’s incredible
Premium Psychology Mind Brain
Years ago before the Trojan war‚ gods and goddesses of ancient Greece started to establish themselves after gods Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades overthrew the Titans. Zeus‚ Hades‚ and Poseidon divided the earth among themselves and Zeus ruled the earth along with his family and other his and goddesses who all live in Mountain Olympus. The Olympians would always pick fights with one another which usually led to the manipulation of mortals. The Trojan war had started because of the Olympians constant jealousy
Premium Greek mythology Trojan War Iliad
The Trojan War The trojan war was a war fought between the greeks and the trojans in the bronze era of ancient greece. The war was famously documented by a man named Homer in a book called Iliad. The war was fought in a city called troy. The Trojan War started as a way for zeus to reduce the increasing population of humanity and‚ more practically‚ as an expedition to reclaim Helen. Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris (also known as Alexandros) and taken as his prize. Menelaos and
Premium Trojan War Homer Iliad
The Roman Empire and the Common Good Graphic Organizer Rome had ways and arrangements that help them function. They had parts that work very well and was successful‚ while others were unfair and not as successful. Purpose of Government Provide public service Grade A http://historylink101.com/2/Rome/roman-aquaducts.htm Rome was very advanced‚ romans had public roads where carriages drove‚ they had public baths were a man or women could wash up by putting a special kind of mud on their
Premium Ancient Rome Roman Empire Law
During the Greek Golden Age‚ art and philosophy expressed hellenic "weltanschauung"‚ their unique outlook on the world and way of life. Through the works of artists‚ playwrights‚ and philosophers‚ one can see both sides of the conflicted systems of the world‚ such as; good vs. evil‚ order vs. chaos‚ stability vs. flux‚ relativism vs. absolutism and balance and harmony. The Greeks were materialists. They adopted the philosophical doctrine which says that physical matter is the only reality in the
Premium Parthenon Plato Philosophy
1.course introduction 2.The Chronology of Greek hx BC (before Christ) 3000 2000 1000 480_______/AD (year of our Lord latin)_________2013 1/1 7000-3000 Neolithic/New stone age-- 3000-2100 Early bronze age 2100-1600 Middle bronze age 1600-1200 late bronze age 1200-750/700 Dark age/Iron age (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
Premium Ancient Greece Greece Ancient Rome
The Role of Women in Ancient Greece and Egypt Throughout history‚ most societies held women in an inferior status compared to that of men. This was often justified as being the natural result of biological differences between the sexes. In many societies‚ for example‚ people believed women to be more emotional and less decisive than men. Women were also viewed to be less intelligent and less creative by nature. However‚ research shows that women and men have the same range of emotional‚ intellectual
Premium
and the end of the 4th centuries‚ the gallery of early European art / ancient Greece & Rome art from the museum‚ the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts‚ have included and introduced several red and black figure vases from Greek. The one that appeals to me from a multitude of art pieces is the “Neck Amphora‚ 575-550 BCE‚ Black-figure terra cotta”‚ which was the vase created by the Castellani Painter in Greece‚ Archaic period. The vase not only shows the how great the technique that
Premium Ancient Greece Greeks Art