extends to them and the rest of Lacedaemonians. The battle of Thermopylae united the whole of Greece against a common enemy Persia‚ fought 495 BC. After this battle‚ Persia continues to be a main power in that region. The battle started with the Ionian revolt which was started by Athens and Eritrea‚ it resulted in the first major conflict between Greece and the Persian empire. In these Greek Persian wars which started 499 BC until
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the Aegean‚ Mediterranean and Ionian seas. As the climate during the ancient times was arid and difficult to work with‚ whereas the coastal climate was mild‚ many communities formed and shaped the coastal regions. Due to Greece’s land being rocky‚ most of the cities were scattered and became provincial. Ancient Greece can be found at the tip of Balcan peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is basically surrounded by three seas: in the south is the Mediterranean Sea; Ionian Sea in the west; and the Aegean
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Southeastern Europe bounded in the north by Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Macedonia‚ in the south by the Mediterranean Sea‚ in the west by the Ionian Sea and in the east by the Aegean Sea known as the first “Western” civilization; reached the peak of its advancement in the 5th century BCE had no unified government and consisted of city states 4 Major Greek Tribes: 1. Acheans 2. Ionians 3. Dorians 4. Aeolians/Aetolians Earliest Civilizations in Greece: 1. Minoan/Cretan (3‚000-1300BCE) known for its
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Question 1 There are a variety of written sources that suggest that the Trojan War did in fact occur. Homer presents details of the Trojan war in his epic poem The Iliad‚ this poem presents many of the ideas that we have today of Troy and the Trojan War. However‚ we must also consider Homers reliability- who he (or she) was‚ why and when s/he was writing and from where s/he was getting his/her sources. After looking at Homers work‚ we look to other sources to validate what is being said. Herodotus
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Tareik Horne Bossier Parish Community College History 101 Western Civilization 5:00-7:50 P.M. Dr. Roshunda Belton 9/21/14 Battle of Thermopylae The Battle of Thermopylae started out in the late summer of 480 B.C‚ the Spartan King Leonidas 1 held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best Great King’s troops. Under thirty-five Persian generals‚ were assembled for the invasion of Greece‚ five whom where sons of the royal house. On the arrival of Xerxes
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Herodotus c.484 B.C-c.429/425 B.C. Greek historian. INTRODUCTION Called the "father of history" by the Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ Herodotus is best known for his long and compelling prose account of life in Greece‚ Asia Minor‚ and Egypt which focuses on the causes and events of the Greco-Persian Wars. For Herodotus‚ history (historiai) meant "inquiry‚" and his attentions in the History are devoted not just to epic moments in the past‚ but also to geography‚ ethnology‚ and myth
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2 SEP 2002 OUTLINE I. Introduction. In society today the term "warrior" is used loosely and sometimes even associated with an athlete training for a specific event. By the fourth century B.C.‚ Sparta designed a culture solely for training soldiers‚ a warrior culture. The problem with the design of a warrior culture is not in the fighting capabilities of the group‚ but in the lack of an artistic legacy that was lost during the life of a fighting culture. II. Body. 1. Historical Background
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Persian custom of “netting” a conquered island in order to kill or deport its inhabitants (6.31). He also describes the Persian practice of collective deportation‚ which brought so much suffering to several Greek communities in the aftermath of the Ionian Revolt. Most notably‚ the Persian use of mutilation will be seen in the final punishment of Masistes’ wife. This section‚ however‚ seems to be more about cruelty rather than punishment. The punishment of Masistes’ wife is taken to an extreme level‚ and
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Michael Beers History 106-01 Mr. Horlor July 12‚ 2013 The Life and Works of Herodotus and Sima Qian A Research-Based Commentary Thesis In the book Herodotus and Sima Qian (2010)‚ Thomas R. Martin contests of the Greek Historian and the Chinese Historian Sima Qian. Martin displays that though the historians’ politics‚ cultures‚ and time periods were different‚ both historians had the innate desire to record their subjective view of history as objectively as possible. Though they were not
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Index 1. Introduction 2. North Africa 3.1. Algeria 3.2. Tunisia 3.3. Egypt 3.4. Tripolitania – Libya 3. Eastern Mediterranean 4. The other countries 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography 1. Introduction Emigration was directly linked to the situation in the country of origin. Especially from 1820 onwards Malta had formidable problems with redundant population. Peace in the country developed occupancies‚ which led to unemployment throughout the
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