With the final push of the Persian Empire out of Greece, the end of the war represents the end of a era where Greece and its ideals were threatened by a great and powerful enemy. The epic victories against the Persians could also be considered miracles since the odds were stacked against them from the beginning. At the end of the wars, democracy took flight and religion flourished. The rebuilding of Athens, construction of many great temples including the Parthenon conveyed that religion may have
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Americans owe many aspects our culture to the Greeks. The biggest contribution that they have made to our country, in my opinion, is our government. Athens was the birthplace of Democracy, and without them we would not have the model that we based our country’s government on. The values of freedom, and the right to have our say in how things are done in our society come directly from them. We also owe a huge part of our knowledge of the ancient world to them, as they were the first to have an actual
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He prescribed practices that made it more as a code of life rather than a religion, since he never made any assertions about God. He was called “the Buddha” or “the Enlightened One” by his followers, teaching them prayer, meditation, and unselfish behavior. Followers wanted to reach nirvana, or “extinction of the flame”, and they would help each other try to achieve this goal
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Their expansion progressed through imperialism, and they not only fought on land; they fought at sea as well. Alexander’s conquests allowed for scientific research and discoveries to be made, and also helped improve trade. Rome’s expansion caused Greek culture to bring an influence on the Romans. It also brought damage to the poor farm families of Rome (Martin, Ancient Rome, 85). Alexander and the Romans were both very successful throughout their conquests, but each performed them differently, and
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The enduring traditions and institutions from Greek culture that expanded to most of the western world are democracy/government, philosophy, literature/drama, and architecture. Greek democracy and government has influenced many of the western world in the aspects of courts and jury, majority rule, civic debate, impartial juries, and the rule of law, just to name a few. An example of how ancient Greeks government have in influence the modern world, is Athenians called their political system demokratia
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When the Greeks interacted with other cultures, they spread their culture to all parts of the world and history. They had the audacity to branch out to other areas of life that other civilizations had tried to dwell in before. Because of their discoveries, this therefore influenced the rest of the world, but did not change it. One of their major influences was politics and religion. With politics, the Greeks discovered through trial and error that Democracy worked for them, and that tyranny and
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the Dallas Museum of Art on Saturday, December 2. For this project, I decided to focus on ancient Greek art. The pottery from this era intrigued me the most because I had previously learned about it last year in Humanities I. It interesting to see the stories passed down through plays and writings represented in the art exhibited. The Greek society was more advanced than one would think. The Greeks created art styles that came to dominate later European culture. They were a small group of people
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literature” Greek culture has had a profound impact on Western Civilizations. It is always and ever be the pinnacle of human ingenuity. The Greeks have bestowed upon Western culture the concepts of citizen’s rights, democracy, mathematics, physics, astronomy, etc. More importantly, the Greeks also had a highly developed spiritual life that is evident in Homer’s eclectic tale The Iliad. Through this highly developed spiritual life, the Greeks imparted many human traits to their gods and goddesses
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Connor Darnell 10/8/2014 History Exam 1 Question 2 It is believed that the Greeks migrated toward Greece beginning in the late third millennium BCE. They migrated because of the climate and because it had good soil for agriculture, as well as having live stock and generally warm weather. They also started an early form of direct democracy. This new form of democracy was known as a direct democracy which basically meant that the people have a direct say in their government unlike the democracy we
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bands, calisthenics uses only the body’s own weight for physical development. (B) Calisthenics enters the historical record at around 480 B.C., with Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopolylae. Herodotus reported that, prior to the battle, the god-king Xerxes sent a scout party to spy on his Spartan enemies. The scouts informed Xerxes that the Spartans, under the leadership of King Leonidas, were practicing some kind of bizarre, synchronised movements akin to a tribal dance. Xerxes was greatly
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