property-owning classes in Athens were categorized based on their vineyard holdings. Also‚ wine made Greece and people rich. One of Greece’s major exports included wine. Another example is that farmers could earn 20x more cultivating vines opposed to growing grain. Finally‚ wine was portrayed on coins in Greece. 4. Describe the symposium a. What was it? The symposium was a formal drinking party in Greece. They were venues for playful but adversarial discussion. Having this reminded the Greeks on how
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Ancient Greece is well known for many things including historical sites‚ famous philosophers‚ scientist‚ poets‚ the Olympic games and also they are wildly known for creating the first democracy. For my museum research paper I went to the Getty Museum in Malibu‚ I observed two different pairs of conical drinking bowls from ancient Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean from 175-75 B.C. These conical drinking bowls are a significant part of the Greek’s society because they were used by many‚ including
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Thousands of years ago‚ in a time of war‚ conquering‚ and empires. One of the greatest and most noteworthy of the empires was ancient Greece. Greece became an empire because of its geography‚ economy‚ and social aspects of its society. Greece developed at an alarming rate because of the area and terrain. Greece developed with only one land border. This let them focus on things other than defense. The surrounding area is all ocean giving them humidity and great fishing. The sea acted as a great source
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1.) How did the use of wine differ from that of beer in ancient Greece and Rome? A.)Beer was for common folk and wine for the ’important’ people. Beer was used as a source of barter for tradesmen and was considered an important food source. But beer was a much more different drink then tan it is today and is another answer for another question. 2.) How was wine used by the Greeks? A.) It was their drink of choice when the water quality couldn’t be guaranteed‚ a social lubricant‚ used
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different. Greece has been known for tourism and economic downturn‚ but we must consider their history‚ cultural values‚ and business. A. History of Greece Aristotle said: “All who are able‚ may gain virtue by study and care‚ for it is better to be happy by the action of nature than by chance. To entrust to chance what is most important would be defective reasoning.” (Gill‚ n.d.). Aristotle is just one of many individuals that resided in Greece at some point in his life. Greece began off as
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Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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Jeffri Fernandez Annotated Bibliography Ancient Greece was the birth place of many sciences‚ famous philosophers and the arts. A time where humans where constantly discovering many different things‚ forming new ideas and opinions about life each and every day. Various gods ruled these different city states. Mythology was very huge in Ancient Greece. There are so many different myths from Ancient Greece. Do you ever wonder if any of those ancient Myth’s were true? Ever believe that
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south-east of the country. The question then arises: how did this happen? Looking for information on this topic‚ we can find references to the fact that immediately after WW II‚ during the Greek Civil War‚ Poland received 30 thousand refugees from Greece. And this at the same time as the powers of the communist regime sought to make Poland nationally uniform? The issue is complicated and still shrouded in many mysteries. This essay is an attempt to explain the suddenly appearance of a large Greek
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The Financial Greek Crisis Gunnar MacDougall Macroeconomics Greece has gained a lot of unwanted publicity in the past few years by being at the center of the economic crisis in the Eurozone. In 2009‚ Greece announced that for years they had been understating their deficit figures. It is all speculation on why Greece had been trying to hide its deficit figures‚ but it is pretty obvious that no country wants to announce that are doing extremely poorly. In response to Greece’s release of this information
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Greece is a country in Southern Europe. According to the 2011 census‚ Greece’s population is around 11 million. Athens is the nation’s capital and largest city. 1)Greece is mainland located at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece is surrounded on the north by Bulgaria‚ the Republic of Macedonia and Albania; to the west by the Ionian Sea; to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey. 2)The country consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia‚ Central
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