Development of the Polis Extended Response The polis first originated in Greece‚ which was built by the people who had colonised in Greece. This was all during the archaic period which was c. 8th and 9th century in 800-500BC. The Hellenes (the Greeks) of Archaic Greece had extensive knowledge on how to make a working successful city-state. The Hellenes settled into many places or “city-states” which later on became known as‚ Athens‚ Sparta‚ Thebes‚ Corinth‚ etc. Many city-states were built on the
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Nationalism has helped build and shape world history since ancient times. It is more of a current expression‚ but the political ideology has been in existence for centuries. It was most predominant during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with revolutionary wars‚ World War II in the twentieth century and currently in the middle east. Even though Nationalism has transformed world history by positive events like building up communities and creating nationsit also has the ability to decompose
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In this paper I will be discussing the Greek God Asclepius. Asclepius was the God of Medicine. To begin with let’s talk about how he became the God of Medicine. Asclepius was the child of the mortal Coronis and the God Apollo. Apollo was a jealous God in the fact that he found out that Coronis fell in love with another mortal man which resulted in an affair. When this became apparent to Apollo‚ he had his twin sister Artemis‚ Goddess of the Hunt‚ go after Coronis and kill her. At this point‚ Coronis
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to think out the box and not the same and math that shapes up the world? Thanks to the spreading of Greek we don’t need to imagine a world without them. Greece is a civilization that achieved many great things during its time period. My topic is about the spreading of Greek culture and its effects. Greek culture affected the world through Alexander the great‚ ideas and literature.Alexander the great is important to the spreading of Greek culture in the world because without this man and his beliefs
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to say whether federalism would have saved the Greeks. On one hand‚ a combined Greek force would have had a much better chance against Phillip and the Macedonian force. On the other hand‚ Phillip made some very significant changes in the way the Macedonian army fought that it would have very difficult for even a united Greek force to compete with them. Even if the Greeks had been divided‚ the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War left many of the Greek states‚ especially Athens‚ with depleted resources
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Discuss how much of Roman society and thought were Greek in origin. There were so much of Roman society and thoughts that were of Greek in origin; however‚ to fully appreciate how this came to be‚ it is essential to understand how the relationship between the Roman society and the Greek began. In 275 BC when the Romans in Italy began its expansion projects‚ they quickly conquered the vast majority of cities in the Mediterranean and furiously engaged the Carthaginians in a tough battle. This expansion
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The Etruscan’s were the most advanced civilization before the rise of Rome. Their culture was well established but uniquely different from other surrounding cultures. At one time‚ they were compared to the Greeks and even favored to be the ones to win hegemony over the entire peninsula. They mostly congregated the area between Arno and Tiber rivers north of Rome. The Etruscans rose and fell from power within the span of four hundred years. The began evolving in the 8th century BC and continued their
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Ancient Greece was made up of several hundred poleis‚ or "city states‚" during the archaic and classical periods (c. 800-323 BCE). Every polis acts as a tiny independent country. Many of these amounted to little more than villages or tiny towns that occasionally ruled extremely tiny areas. The two biggest‚ strongest‚ and ultimately most significant Greek city states were Sparta and Athens‚ which were at the other end of this scale. When it comes to politics‚ they could not be more dissimilar. In
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How did mythical (or mythopoeic) thought shape the first civilizations? The mythopoeic view shaped both Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations by interpreting the nature of the universe. These thoughts were based on imaginations and feelings that were not supported by concrete evidence. Myths explained the presences of gods‚ which gave rise to religion in Mesopotamian and Egyptian. Religion was a foundation to the first civilizations as they interpreted the will of gods. They analyzed the stars
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father to rule the universe. Hades‚ their brother‚ also fought by their side‚ but after the victory he was given rule of the Underworld‚ so did not sit atop Mt. Olympus with his brothers. Zeus - King of the Gods Zeus was King of the Gods and ruler of Mt. Olympus. He was the youngest son to Cronus and Rhea‚ Titans who were themselves children of
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