citizens of Athens had to go through plagues‚ famine‚ wars‚ and devastation of their own city‚ they still persisted to succeed. The city went through a golden age that brought it to the heights of empire. This new age was full of new and inventive philosophers‚ leaders‚ architectures and planners. The Athenians made great advances in arts and architecture. They were able to fund the entire marvelous city my gaining wealth through trades. They were able to create some of the worlds most famous and well-known
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Alexander the Great is often thought of as the greatest military commander that the world has ever seen. He was born in July of 356 B.C to King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias. Since his youth‚ Alexander was tutored and trained by great philosophers such as Aristotle and Leonidas. His legacy of greatness started with the taming of the wild horse‚ Bucephalus. Alexander of Macedonia is worthy of the title‚ Great‚ due to his strategic military operations‚ his expansion of the Greek Empire‚ and the
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Persians played the Greek city-states against one another in order to inhibit success against their attacks. The Ionian Greeks were conquered by these barbarians‚ and their way of life was threatened. The Greek’s freedom was perishing‚ while the power of the Persian’s continued to expand. The Persians were a tolerant empire with strong leaders and some autonomy though they restricted the Ionian Greek’s autonomy to make their lives easier‚ then pitting the Greek city-states against each other in order
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standing quarrel originated. It traces back to 1000B.C; to both the cities ancestors. According to Herodotus‚ the ancestors were part of the prominent tribes of Ancient Greece: the Ionians‚ the Dorians‚ and the Aeolians. Spartans believed they descended from the Dorians‚ and the Athenians believed they descended from the Ionians .Both the tribes were very similar‚ in both politics and morals. After many years‚ the two tribes reached a crucial turning-point: they could either abolish slavery‚ and introduce
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The Persian Empire of Mesopotamia was the largest and most powerful empire of the Ancient Near East civilizations. The Persian Empire had engaged in a series of wars‚ also known as the Persian Wars of Expansion‚ which was beneficial for the empire. After conquering and taking over many other civilizations‚ they gained more power and control. In addition to gaining more power‚ the Persian Empire had also gained more land‚ which can help the empire economically‚ politically‚ and socially. By warring
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Persia. For Sparta‚ the main war aims had been reached now that a cordon sanitaire had been created in Asia Minor. If the Persians wanted to return to Europe‚ they first had to occupy the towns of the liberated Ionian Greeks. The Athenians had a different perspective. They felt related to the Ionians‚ and in their view‚ security could only be reached when their compatriots were safe as well. Therefore‚ they continued the struggle and founded the Delian League. From the very first beginning‚ there appears
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Answer on your notecards To turn in at the end of class. What legacy did the Greek civilizations leave to be implemented by Future generations? “A” “P” “E” ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL GREECE CIVILIZATION COMES TO EUROPE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY • The Land – Mountains dominate land; cross land travel difficult – Fertile river valleys were center of settlement and the basis of the polis – No place more than a few miles from sea – Outdoor life common due to temperate climate • The Sea – Greece is a series
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A misstep in Athenian diplomacy resulted in the greatest military threat that evidently put the freedom of Greece at risk from invasions from the Persian empire. The Persian empire was ultimately the largest most powerful military force found in the ancient world. Unlike the Persian empire‚ the Athenian empire was seen as insignificant and little was known about their reign. However‚ within two generations Athens would proceed to control the Athenian Empire. This transformation from little significance
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Besides giving the option to Ionians to choose their opponent showed unlimited trust to them‚ because by this gesture trusted the luck of their own cities and kingdoms in the hands of the Ionians if they would choose the mainland. It is strange that Herodotos doesn’t mention the Cypriot navy as it was known that Cyprus had powerful navy force as they showed some
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Ancient Romans claimed descent from Greeks‚ in fact the Great Roman poet Virgil wrote an epic poem entitled Aeneid where he tells that Romans come from Aeneas line who escaped from the Trojan fire to save his royal descent. He landed at Italy where married a princess named Lavinia. That means you have to consider Roman literature as an evolution of Greek literature: Romans learn from Greek but progress. Greek and Roman literature is wide and it includes: tragedies‚ comedies‚ poems‚ epics etc
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