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Greek History World Civilizations
What made the Greek civilization so great? What made the Greeks so great?
Greeks are the most famous and advance people around the world. There are so many areas and variety of things that makes this country and nation so rich and lively. The Greeks has a great history due to having great philosophers, socialist, wars, kings, food, outfits, culture, and great thinkers.
The history of Greek civilization is very rich and deep, it can be dated back to 300 B.C. The nation is entirely long and vast.
It was the first civilization in Europe. This part of the world was developed near the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also considered as the birthplace of democracy as per several popular scholars, nations and authors of the world in the history.
The Greek is the first democratic country over the earth. The idea of democracy was implemented in a simple way. Athens was the first city ruled under democratic policies and laws. Almost 500 people were selected from the population of 30,000 citizens for the purpose of controlling and running the city and its operations on a small amount of wages and salary every month. They were allowed to take decision, passed laws for the purpose of serving the jury and people by establishing parliament.
2. WAS GREECE THE FIRST WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Ancient Greek was the first civilization and democracy all over the...
The history of Greek civilization is long back to 4000 years back over the earth. Greeks developed, introduced and established several institutions and departments so nicely in the fields of culture, art, philosophy, architecture, democracy and Olympic Games.
Due to these levels of developments and establishments, it can be observed that this civilization is long and old. Today, many philosophers, historians also conclude that several nations and countries are following the method of developments which are introduced by Greeks.
The Greeks is the first civilization around the globe because they hold the first penal and civil law code to Draco. The famous poet as well as statesman also worked in Athens on the designation of Draco or as a Draco named Solon. He was selected as a first Archon in the 594 B.C. Today, Archon is named as prime minister of the country. The main difference between prime minister and Archon was the duration of Archon. He was selected on annual basis for performing functions such as army control, priest services, executive and judicial controls etc. Cleisthenes introduced profound reforms in 510 B.C; this significance step pushed and realized the existence of democracy as a system of government first time in the world.
3. BACKGROUND
I would like to feel the charm of that time and would also like to go in that era for the purpose of asking so many questions from great philosopher and…
Also, this carving is quite sentimental in appearance, for it reflects "the solemn pathos of the Greek citizen, much like some of the sculptures found on the pediment of the Parthenon" (Seyffert, 245). Our last artifact is titled Pair of Armbands with Triton and Tritoness Holding Erotes, made in the Hellenistic period, circa 200 B.C.E. These jewelry objects were apparently designed for a woman of high Greek culture, for they
Ancient Greece Greek History The Impact of Alexander and the Development of Democracy The development of democracy in Greece came about due to many factors, each playing a significant role in a slow process. It can be traced back to the election of Solon and his impact on the polis of Athens. He created a four-tier class system, awarding political privileges to those in each class (Ober, 1998). While more say was given
Herodotus is called first historian, as he was the first known author of the historical book called the Histories, which contained various myths, legends and also many important historical events that were commented by this great Greek. Herodotus was a very smart man but when reading his book I have to mention that we have to treat him as ancient man who sincerely believed different myths (for example he was sure
Greek and Roman History The Greek and Roman civilizations each played an important part in shaping the history of today. It is interesting to look at these two cultures and the major contributions of each. Greek History The Greek civilization was defined in the 5th century BC by the Golden Age. Athens was home at this time to "statesmen such as Pericles, Solon and Lycourgos. Pericles, who lived from 495 to 429 B.C., was responsible
The History is incomplete as far as the war is concerned because it ends abruptly with the narrative of the events of 411 BC. Thucydides discusses his historical method and related issues in the early section, known as the "Archaeology" section. The fact that he had a journalistic tendency is indicated by the fact that he started to write about the war as soon as it started claiming that he
Ancient Indian art starting from the 3-century BC experienced a considerable influence of Hellenistic traditions In general, Greek state-cities in Middle Asia had a number of typical features of Greek urban culture so that life of its inhabitants was quite similar to traditional life of Greeks in Mediterranean. Urban architecture, ethics, dress code and social relations in Asian Hellenistic colonies were quite similar to classical Greek traditions. For example, Greek-Bactrian city