Answer on your notecards To turn in at the end of class. What legacy did the Greek civilizations leave to be implemented by Future generations? “A” “P” “E” ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL GREECE CIVILIZATION COMES TO EUROPE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY • The Land – Mountains dominate land; cross land travel difficult – Fertile river valleys were center of settlement and the basis of the polis – No place more than a few miles from sea – Outdoor life common due to temperate climate • The Sea – Greece is a series
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Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know little about his achievements. There is nothing that is truly accurate pertaining to Pythagoras’s writings. Today Pythagoras is certainly a mysterious figure. Little is known of Pythagoras’s childhood. Pythagoras’s father was Mnesarchus‚ and his mother was Pythais. Mnesarchus was a merchant who came from Tyre. Pythais was a native of Samos. As
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century In the scramble to grab Byzantine land after the 4TH crusade‚ in 1204‚ the Venetians concentrate on territories suiting their maritime interests. They take the islands of Corfu and Crete. They yield Corfu ten years later to the Greek ruler of Epirus (the nearest part of the mainland)‚ but Crete remains a Venetian possession for more than four centuries. It is the first in a chain of valuable staging posts to the eastern Mediterranean. Venetian control over Cephalonia is established
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these ancient scripts that are found in today’s world remain undeciphered‚ meaning no one has yet found out the meaning of these writings. This also includes the writing system simply known as Linear A. Both Linear A and Linear B both originate from Crete‚ a Greek island‚ but Linear B was “also found on the southern area of the Greek mainland.” (Rowe & Levine‚ 2009) The script was believed to have been used roughly between 1600 to 1100BC. (Gnanadesikan‚ 2009)
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the Neolithic Age. A cultural progression from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age started about 3000 BC. This civilization‚ during the Bronze Age was divided into two main cultures. One on these‚ called Cretan or Minoan was centered on the island of Crete. The other culture‚ Helladic (who became Mycenaean) populated mainland Greece. The Minoan culture dominated trade until 1500 BC when the Mycenaeans took control. During the third millennium BC a series of invasions from the north began. The most
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toro bravo‚ a species of bull of an ancient race that is only conserved in Spain. Formerly this bull’s forebears‚ the primitive urus‚ were spread out over wide areas of the world. Many civilizations revered them; the bull cults on the Greek island of Crete are very well known. The Bible tells of sacrifices of bulls in honour of divine justice. Bulls also played an important role in the religious ceremonies of the Iberian tribes living in Spain in prehistoric times. The origins of the plaza de toros
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of the Mediterranean Dictaean Mounatins – Crete Plains and valleys separated Communication was poor Greece was politically fragmented Mountainous; Suitable land and tree crops Olive‚ vines Suitable land for pastoral activities (herding of sheep and goat) Mediterranean Sea Situated within a close distance of the sea Sea faring people; trade network with Italy and the Eastern in particular Natural resources: fish Paleolithic axes from Crete Homo Erectus (upright human) – 1.8million
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Ancient Greek Architecture Was Profoundly Influenced By The Ancient Near East. Discuss. To answer this question‚ it is vital that we define the boundaries of the ancient near east. Two prominent countries‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ seem to have been subjected to an appearance of ‘monumental architecture and sculpture’ at almost the same time‚ according to Henri Frankfort in his publication The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (Fourth Edition 1970‚ p.11)‚ with the other countries being Asia
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command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.3 4 I am writing to Titus‚ my true son in the faith that we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace. Titus’s Work in Crete 5 I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you. 6 An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife‚ and his children must be believers who don’t have a reputation for being
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Minoan and Mycenae Civilization Comparison During the civilizations of Minoan Crete and Mycenae of mainland Greece‚ many changes impacted Minoan civilization in which some cultural legacies of the Minoans survived after the Mycenean takeover of the Minoans. Both Minoan and Mycenean civilizations share some differences and similarities‚ which shaped their cultural legacies. Many factors‚ such as technology‚ trade‚ geography‚ art‚ military‚ government‚ and society‚ changed or continued with
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