Mycenaean Greece

From the great civilizations we covered thus far this semester two outshine the others. The Greek style of a democratic government was able to influence future great civilizations, which many countries use a modified version today. The Romans, while were influenced greatly by polytheistic religion early on, were converted to Christianity. Those converts had to endure great scrutiny, but prevailed and worshiped a religion that has over two billion followers today. Romans also made strides in…

of the king's house. They also wanted to share the king’s greedy wealth with all of Crete. So they called in Athene to help them make a plan. Zeus and Apollo walked into the king’s village this time disguised as rich and powerful landowners from Greece. Apollo was holding a small wooden box, quite like the one entertainment had been put into. They walked smoothly up to the king’s door. Zeus knocked on the king’s door and waited for a reply. When the king did open the door, he began to stare…

The ancient Greeks have made many new advances in their lifetime. The ancient Greek culture has influenced many other cultures as well. Other cultures saw how well the Greeks were doing and wanted to share the wealth. They would take concepts of the Greeks and form it into their own. The Romans took concepts from the Greek such as the Greek gods; Romans made the Greek gods’ names into Roman names. The ancient Greeks contributed to the advances and discoveries in education, architecture and…

Roman and Greeks have much in common. Greeks have amazing architecture and art and religious beliefs and drama. Romans took what they learned from the Greeks, and adapted and improved many things. “Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a…

If I lived in Ancient Athens I would want to be a Citizen.Firstly, I would be able to have a say in all matters big or small.Secondly, I would be quite fit an example of this I would spend six to seven hours every day in the gymnasium.Finally, I would be quite rich as I’d have to own land because it is one of the requirements to become an Athenian citizen.But there would be cons to being a citizen of Ancient Athens.The first one being I would have to spend most of my time away from my…

When Philip II became king of Macedon after the death of Perdiccas, he was left with a crisis of many issues. This included threats from other powers and the issues of pretenders, economic problems, and the army’s losses. Philip overcame this crisis by securing his position as king and stabilising Macedon through reforming the army with new training and structure, dealing with the issues of hostiles through use of diplomacy and battle, and securing land and wealth to increase Macedon’s power.…

Jacob Andrews 09/21/16 3rd Persian War The persians and their king Darius wanted to conquer greece more than ever. Persia wanted more and more land. Also, the greeks helped the ionians to revolt against the persians, and had marched to Sardis and burned the city. The Battle of Marathon was a major battle in the first war between the Greek city and the Persian Empire. It was a major victory for the Greeks, and some historians argue that it is one of the most important battles in the history…

Greece was a place of a variety of differences in geography, ranging from the tall mountains to the blue Aegean Sea. In fact, even the Mediterranean climate was a factor in the Greek’s life, like the city state of Thebes. But despite some geographical differences, Greece maintained themselves and use the geography to their advantage in society, trade, and culture, socially, politically, and economically. Greece found ways to control geography, rather than letting geography control it. Greeks…

both have their up’s and downs. Sparta is known for their training and their battles, Sparta mainly focused on their training and making there people stronger .Then we have Athens this city stood longer, gave their children a great education, and Greece in known for Athens because of all these reasons. For this debate Athens should be chosen as better and they have facts to prove it.Athens are similar to Sparta in some ways but Athens came to be led differently. Athens is a democracy with…

The culture of the west and thought begun with the classical Greece. These officially started in the year 1500BC; however, the interruption of the culture of the West was about 1100-900BC during the dark ages of the Greek. The intrusion took momentum at the beginning of 900BC a classical period when the Greece would enter into their most glorious period (Merchant, 98). It is also a time when they were setting the basis for the dominant empires and nations in the millennia and the centuries to…