Western Civ. 101 The immediate and long-term legacy of Greek and Roman civilizations Until the start of the Renaissance‚ in the mid 1300’s‚ many of the brilliant ideas and advancements created and used by Greek and Roman civilizations remained dormant. Both‚ Greek and Roman‚ cultures were astounding at finding a better way or solution to handling problems and bettering their community. Most important aspects of a small city were thought out and discussed‚ rather than being decided by one
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Ancient Greek Contributions to Western Civilization The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected our fine arts‚ government‚ sports‚ medics‚ and philosophies. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One way that ancient Greece affected western civilization is politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek states man Pericles had three goals‚ to Strengthen Democracy‚ Hold strength
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The Hundred Years’ War‚ 1336-1453 Western Europe in 1328 CAUSES The Battle for Flanders Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. During the 1200’s‚ the upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine. (Note that beer and
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Western civilization is what we call modern society that mainly includes North America and Western Europe. But how did this western way of life come to be? Their are many different ways but mainly through ancient cultures. The two main ones are the Greek and Roman. Greece with their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic and also together. Their are many ways in which western civilization is like the ancient Greek civilization. They started the Olympic games
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Roman Contributions The Romans are considered among the greatest architects of ancient times. They were incredible builders and excellent engineers. The Romans cannot take all the credit for their accomplishments though; some of their inventions were just improvements on older ideas or concepts from Greece. Aqueducts are one thing the Romans got from Greece‚ although‚ they were not called aqueducts in Greece. The Greeks were the first to have a mass water supply system. They used water pumps
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Describe the contributions of the Greeks and Romans to Western Civilization‚ explaining their accomplishments and the classical virtues they developed. The Greeks and Romans contributions to western civilization cannot be over stated. They were vital in many ways to future generations. Both through science the arts and the frameworks of future governments Greeks were one of the first great civilized societies in the Western area. They started like many societies at this time
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At its height‚ the Roman Empire was the most powerful domain in the world. It was at its largest in the second century AD and it spread across three continents. This Empire had diverse languages and cultures. Nevertheless by the 3rd century A.D‚ Romans were on swift decline. This fast decline was caused by extreme changes in their civilization. The changes consisted of new leaders controlling the region‚ Rome becoming spilt up into two sections‚ and Christianity gaining all of religious control.
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most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the History of Greece Part of a map of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent regions by William Faden‚ March 1785 Greek Bronze Age[show] Ancient Greece[show] Medieval Greece[show] Modern Greece[show] History by topic[show] Portal icon Greece portal v t e Ancient Greece was a Greek civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC
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Introduction Ancient Rome civilization is one of the classical antiquities beside ancient Greece. It grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula 10th century BC. It cantered on city of Rome and located along the Mediterranean Sea. It became one of the largest empires in the ancient world. Body Law Ancient Romans had developed an excellent law system. Until the end of the 18th century‚ most of Western Europe used this legal system. The root of Romans Law is called Twelve
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Located in Europe in the A egean Sea * The first great civilization in Greece and Crete3. Brief History of Greece Around 1400It lasted roughly from 2000 BCE until 1400 BCE. was the Minoan. BCE‚ the Mycenaean civilization supplanted the Minoan‚ and dominated Greece until about 1100 BCE‚ when barbarians known as Durians invaded. * 4. EXTEND EARLY BEGINING OF POLIS * 490 750-550 Age of Colonization c. 700 Homer 5. Greek Polis Time Line 479 Spartans 480 Xerxes invades Greece Athenians
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