The Greco-Persian Wars was a series of conflicts between several Greek city-states and the Persian Empire that lasted roughly half a decade from 500 B.C. until 448 B.C. Some of the most distinguished conflicts know to this day are Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis and Platea. Although despite the superior number and imperial resources the Persians were defeated resulting in a Greek triumph. In this essay I will be discussing the key factors which contributed to the defeat of the Persian Empire such
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Compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta politically and culturally In ancient times‚ Greece was not a united country but rather a collection of separate city-states that were in some cases similar‚ in other cases different politically and culturally. The two most famous‚ powerful and influential city-states of that period were Athens and Sparta. Although Athens and Sparta had some cultural comparisons such as both were polytheistic societies sharing similar religious beliefs‚ their
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Notes of Comparing and Contrasting Athens and Sparta: By Jasper 7-3 The Greeks: Cleisthenes: Nobleman‚ Born in 570 B.C. Life expectancy was 15 years old. Other Greeks feared Spartans。The mythical stories of heroes influenced Cleisthenes. The 2 main stories were by Homer‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. There was a big change in the mid 6 BC century. A person and a tall girl went to Athens and said the tall girl was Athena and she said he has to be king. After few days‚ people didn’t like his ruling
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Lecture Notes on Greek Civilization Greece part of the Balkan Peninsula maritime country in Southeastern Europe bounded in the north by Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Macedonia‚ in the south by the Mediterranean Sea‚ in the west by the Ionian Sea and in the east by the Aegean Sea known as the first “Western” civilization; reached the peak of its advancement in the 5th century BCE had no unified government and consisted of city states 4 Major Greek Tribes: 1. Acheans 2. Ionians 3. Dorians 4
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before his preparations for a third invasion were completed‚ but they were continued by Xerxes I‚ his son and successor. In 480‚ Xerxes reached Greece with a tremendous army and navy. The Persian land forces had to pass through the narrow pass of Thermopylae‚ which was defended by the Spartan Leonidas. His small contingent held back the Persians but were eventually defeated. The Persians continued on to Athens‚ which had been abandoned‚ and burned it. The Athenians had fled with their fleet to the
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From the beginning of Sparta‚ in 900 BC‚ until their fall‚ in 192 BC‚ they were the superior fighting warriors across the Mediterranean sea and in the European vicinity. The spartans were the strongest‚ most fierce‚ and most feared people in Europe at the time with a highly militarized lifestyle and society. The spartans were the ultimate “super soldiers” of their time‚ the reason for this being‚ from the age of 7 all boys were required to go to military training at the Agoge and train there until
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Introduction: The Battle of Thermopylae‚ a critical event in the Greco-Persian Wars of 480 BCE‚ is etched into the annals of ancient history as a symbolic confrontation between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. This monumental clash unfolded at the narrow pass of Thermopylae‚ highlighting the cultural and military disparities between the disciplined Greeks‚ led by the Spartans‚ and the vast Persian forces under King Xerxes I. As we delve into the historical significance of this battle
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domestic level in Athens contributed to the state’s naval strength‚ and similarly‚ his political leadership in the conception of a united Greek defence was a significant achievement. As well as this‚ Themistocles’ strategy in key battle such as Thermopylae‚ Artemisium and Salamis were vital to to war effort. *** To be able to understand to what extent Themistocles was responsible for Greek victory in the Persian Wars it first needs to be discussed how he rose to the position of authority and
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Art‚ Sculptures‚ Painted Vases‚ Bone and Ivory carving. Ancient History Topic – Sparta to the Battle of Leuctra Part A – Source Analysis Name of source – Pyrichios Date - After the 6th century Description – A carving of 4 men on a stone‚ appear to be that the men are dancing or stretching whilst being nude on the event of which the stone has carved to show its love of art. What Evidence does this source provide about the past? – This art work shows the culture of Ancient Sparta that entertainment
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Hemingway’s Implied Crises and the Strength of a Soldier Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A New Kind of War” is unusual because it has a double number of plot phases‚ except the exposition. This story is unusual for another reason as well‚ it contains two crises and both are implied crises. We‚ the readers‚ are given an endpoint in the rising action and the next paragraph is the recognition. What seems to be missing in the story is a crisis; however Hemingway injects implied crises in two points
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