The Expansion Of Greece

The way to better the world is to go back to the past and learn the ways of those who came before and learned from their mistakes; sort of like time traveling. When going back in time and comparing the ancient civilizations of Rome and Greece to today, the root of our knowledge is greatly influenced on the minds who have lived at that time. Some may ask which civilization had the most impact on United States and the world? Many would say that the Romans had the most impact on United States and the world and some may contradict and say Greece had the most influence. However, Greece influenced the world and the United States the most in tremendous ways. Greece gave the United States the influence to start it’s first

What is a peninsula in Europe featuring over 2,000 islands? This is no other than Greece. It has been geographically shaped by tectonic plates as well as grabens occurring previously in its age. Consequently, the land is rugged and hilly. In addition to geography, the Greeks have contributed immensely to our world’s culture. In Greece, you can find sculptures, such as the intricately designed Discobolus. Arts and mathematics have also bloomed there due to people such as Archimedes, Aristotle, and Euclid. Throughout this essay, Greece’s location, shape, size, surrounding countries, enclosing bodies of water, landforms, climate, vegetation, as well as government, will be portrayed.

In ancient times, the Greek and Roman Empires were the leading figures in their world. In these civilizations, the world saw continuous new inventions of items, thoughts, and ways of living. As ancient Greece and Rome grew, the characteristics of culture grew as well, with cities, arts and architecture, technology and science, social structure, government, religion and philosophy, and writing and literature becoming more diverse and modernized. Though they began nearly 3,000 years ago, the Greek and Roman Empires’ advancements still impact the modern world in all areas of culture, particularly in government, religion and technology.

Persia, under King Darius’ rule, was expanding into Western Europe toward Athens, Greece between 522-486 BC. Although the reason for Darius to conquer Greece was ultimately unknown, historians theorize it was likely Darius was attempting to “quell once and for all a collection of potentially troublesome rebel states”. (Ancient History) Despite Darius sending multiple envoys to “call for the Greek’s submissions”, the Greeks responded with violence while the Spartans called for an alliance to defend Greece. Upon Darius’ death in 486 BC, Xerxes became king of the Persian Empire and immediately began focusing his efforts to mobilize his army and conquer Greece.

Unlike that of China, the decline of Rome was much more upsetting having a much larger impact on the surrounding world. The Decline and fall of the Mediterranean and Chinese civilizations was a result of population decrease, weak government, a frail economy, and invasion. The causes of the imperial collapse in Rome and Greece(The Mediterranean region)with the causes of imperial collapse in the East Asia during the period 600 BCE toward 600 CE has had an remarkable achievements but those same achievements have caused them into decline. A combination of these causes sparked the slow decline of these once great empires..

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Athens was one of the greatest cities that existed in ancient Greece. Ranging from a superb navy, to an outstanding belief in knowledge, they were set to succeed from the beginning. Athens was a land of great wealth and prosperity. This led to some of the world’s greatest pieces of art including the Parthenon and the Temple of Zeus. There may have been other cities with good militaries or strong trading partners, but there was never a city that could compete with the great city of Athens. Athens dominated the Ancient world due to their navy, intelligence, democracy, and trade.

The fall of Greece didn't happen in a day it took a long period of time like many different civilizations there were many different factors. The biggest factor in Greece's fall like many different cultures is the wars. Wars in general waste time money and good men. When you are war for a long period of time you start to not worry about anything else about winning the war. The ancient Greeks stopped worrying about possible invaders of other countries they just focused on their enemies. They relied on other countries for their food and armor and weapons. They also were more focused on defeating then protecting. The major reason for the fall mostly is the Pelopenesion War. The war between Sparta and Athens and all their allies.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the most common way to acquire wealth and power was through conquest and other aggressive tactics. Success through free market operations was still means of modest wealth and most merchants and salesmen did not generate exorbitant amounts of revenue, nor leave wealthy lifestyles. Not until the late 1400s did the world see just how much wealth could be accumulated by a man without the title or prestige of being a leader. The Fugger’s of Augsburg first earned their livelihood by trading textiles in Italy and other surrounding areas. Soon, due to the meteoric rise of the youngest son of Jakob Fugger, Jakob II, the family would become the largest and richest merchant and trading family in all of Europe.

The history that the Greeks left impacted our world greatly and shaped how things are today. From the periods of local culture that that the Mycenaean Civilization left, to the imperial power that the Athenian Empire had, and to the dominant cultural model of the Hellenic Empire of Alexander the Great, bits and pieces of the events throughout those time periods impacted of how we look at things today. The Greeks also has a number of achievements that are still known to the people of the present, for example the Olympics. The progress from the local culture of the Mycenaean Civilization to the dominant cultural model of the Hellenic Empire of Alexander the Great was shaped incredibly well that the Greeks were known to have the most beautiful

The Persian Empire created the most spectacular feats of engineering the world has ever seen. The engineers had built outstanding palaces, roadways, and canals in the desert, the Suez Canal being one of the most remarkable inventions However, an ancient conflict with Greece burst into an epic encounter that changed the course of its history and shaped the Western world for thousands of years.

Next, there were plenty of negative impacts upon Greece and Rome from this control. Trade may have been easy due to the amount of water but, some people just wouldn't bargain with others. Change was not really wanted, either. Since everybody was congregated, culture stayed the same in many places. There was water or the Persian Empire on either side. Lots of people lived in isolation until they died and never truly knew what was going on in the world that surrounded them. While Sparta had a strong army, it was tiny. From the moment of birth, you belonged to the state. If someone thought you would be no use to the society or state, you were taken away and left to die as a newborn baby. Boys of 7 years were taken from their parents and were organized

Rome won its realm by force. Yet, to control such vast territory, it needed to have the cooperation of the people in these areas. It did this in different ways. Rather than rebuffing vanquished countries, Rome frequently regarded them as partners, urging them to participate in the magnificence and abundance of building the empire. To the more primitive people in Gaul (France), Britain, and Spain, Rome offered an advanced civilization as well as a written language.(Latin), a lawful framework, and well-run urban communities. The general population in the eastern piece of the domain—Greece, Asia Minor, Middle East, and Egypt—was profoundly impacted by Greek advancements. Rome perceived and respected these advancements, enabling Greek to proceed

The golden age of Greece, especially the Periclean age of Athens, was considered to be the defining age of Greek history. The amount of cultural and intellectual innovation in Greece was at its height during the nearly 200 year period. From 500-300 BC, many great thinkers and philosophers rose and gave many a new perspective on life.

Very few civilizations have had as profound an influence on the world as those of ancient Greece. The Greeks laid the foundations for fields varying from philosophy to political theory to war tactics. However, this influence was not just due to their intelligence or success, but their widespread presence in the Mediterranean. Greek culture was spread throughout their known world in two distinct manners, the foundation of apoikia in the Archaic Age (8th century to 500 B.C. ) and imperialists by poleis, primarily Athens of the Classical Age (490 - 323 B.C ). Though the culture of a mother city (mētropolis) may have spread through two very different manners of “colonization.” The word is not used in the literal sense, but rather hereafter used to mean “spreading of culture”, as the former can hardly be described using the contemporary definition of colonization and the latter was through Athenian empire-building. These developments had a significant impact on ancient Greece and our modern perception thereof. Like most of the ancient world, we can best analyze these methods of colonialism through extant artifacts. I will analyze an inscription of the foundation oath of Cyrene, which recounts the decision and manner in which the island of Thera sent its citizens to the form a new polis, and the fragments of the Lapis Primus, a marble monolith that documented tributes to Athens when the city was at the peak of its imperial age, evidencing the magnitude of their power and influence in the Greek region.