In Ancient Greece‚ the geography has played a huge role in the development of the country‚ in both positive and negative ways. Positive impacts have made developments to things like trade development‚ religion‚ and city-states. Negative impacts that have hurt Greece are the volcanic zone‚ and the actual land that makes up the country of Greece. The first positive effect geography had on Greece was the mountains throughout Greece. The mountains were difficult to cross so the Greeks had to use the
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Many people don’t know about ancient Greece. ancient Greece is an amazing civilization that existed years ago. ancient Greece develop many things we have today‚ including the Olympics‚ are alphabet and they even created Inventions that lead us towards technology! many people don’t think of ancient Greece as inventors of our ideas‚ but they gave us pretty much all of our ideas. all of our modern stuff today was ether invented by the Greeks or we improved it and made it our own. therefore we
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In Ancient Greece‚ different forms of government existed throughout the 1500+ city-states (similar to communities). Athens‚ for example‚ one of the most known city-states in Ancient times was the birthplace of democracy and was that way for nearly 200 years prior to the age and rule of Alexander The Great. In the following paragraphs‚ we will contrast and compare the different forms of government and rule that took place during that period. We will start with the differences of each one. Monarchy
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It is no secret that ancient Greece greatly impacted today’s civilization. One of the most important social developments‚ democracy‚ can be traced back to the Greek city-state of Athens. Although this accomplishment is impressive enough‚ ancient Greece was more than the birthplace of democratic ideals. This small Mediterranean region‚ split down the middle by the conflict of two philosophies‚ closely parallels the modern world. The most obvious connection is the one between the Delian League and
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HIS1001 The ancient Athenians had used an oligarchic constitution; it was not a good era to be stricken with poverty. The aristocrats dominated the peasants‚ so much so that the peasants were dependent on them. The poor worked the fields of the rich for a portion of the harvest‚ and if the rent was not met‚ their wives and children were seized in order to pay it off. Officials were chosen based on their birthright‚ at first for life‚ then for a decade. The officials consisted of the basileus‚
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The Ancient Greeks and Romans both began their empires as city-states. While the strange coastlines and the rough terrain of the Greek peninsula isolated the various Greek city-states from one another‚ the city of Rome was located in the geographic middle of a plain bordered on the east by mountains and on the west by the sea. Therefore‚ Rome was exposed to the migrations and invasions of people from the river in the north and Sicily in the south. Both empires were ruled by several different leaders
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__2__. | Name: Tahira S. Miles Course: American GovernmentTeacher: Rowe‚ GailDate: 9/20/2012 | Main Idea: | Notes: 01.05 | Greece (Module Reading) | Notes:Greek civilization thrived from Greece gave us many things Olympic theater‚ advancements in science‚ art‚ great works of literature‚ amazing architecture‚ mathematics‚ and our first democratic government. Greece is known as The birthplace of civilization. A city-state is A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding
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Extremely large boarhounds resembling the Great Dane appear in ancient Greece; in frescoes from Tiryns dating back to 14th–13th centuries BC.[1][2] The large boarhound or Molossian hound continues to appear throughout ancient Greece in subsequent centuries right up to the Hellenistic era.[3][4][5][6] The Molossian hound‚ the Suliot dog and specific imports from Greece were used in the 18th century to increase the stature of the boarhounds in Austria and Germany and the wolfhounds in Ireland.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
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Work‚ discipline and feeding are three words that would perfectly sum up the daily routine of slaves in ancient Greece. Slaves were the backbone to the greatness‚ strength and stability to the ancient Greeks‚ according to Aristotle. Being divided into many different city-states‚ Greece as a whole contained a variety of social structures‚ and therefore‚ a range of positions occupied by slaves. Slavery allowed the citizens of Athens and also Sparta to focus on the aspects of life they thought were
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Chapter 7‚ ‘The Art of Ancient Greece’‚ so far‚ has been the most enjoyable chapter to read about. When I was younger I read a series of books that combined Greek mythology and the modern day‚ needless to say‚ it was my favorite series for a long time. I have grown to love Greek culture and plan to visit Greece one day. Ancient Greece has been known for many things‚ such as the great philosophers Aristotle‚ Socrates‚ and Plato‚ and for their great military prowess. Thanks to history class‚ we know
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