The Rise Of Ancient Greece

The first people to actually inhabit Greece were the Myceneans. It is hard to figure out exactly where they came from, but historians can conclude that they were the first advanced society to settle in Greece based to archeological discoveries. As advanced as this civilization was however,

One may ask, who are the Minoans? Well they are considered by many Historians and Archeologists to be the first great European Civilization. Some people believed that this was the mythical land of Atlantis. They were located near the Aegean Sea and lands such as Greece, Troy and Asia Minor. One interesting fact is that these people never called themselves the Minoans. There wasn’t any name listed in the history books for these people but the Ancient Crete Civilization. They were known as the Crete Civilization because they lived on the island of Crete which is now part of Greece. It wasn’t until a 19th century British Archeologist, Sir Author Evans gave them the name, The Minoans. He gave them this name because he believed he had found the legendary palace of King Minos. There has been many civilization collapses over the World’s history, but most can be explained in great detail. There are some that are very mysterious and not definitively explained. The collapse of the Minoan people happens to be one of those mysterious collapses which ranks 3rd in the top ten most mysterious collapses of the world and is still to this day debated on what actually caused their demise. There are many factors that go into the collapse of a civilization, but this kind of catastrophe doesn’t just happen in a blink of an eye this is something that happens over a long period of time. This paper will touch on the climate and environment, the time period and culture, how they became

Socrates was a great thinker and debater dedicated to truth. He spent his golden years walking the streets of Athens in pursuit of wisdom. Socrates lived the destiny that was revealed to him in the Oracle. He created and perfected his own cross-examination technique; we today know it as the Socratic Method. He was thorough and unrelenting. His subjects were often humiliated. Socrates would methodically disprove anyone he thought was wrong. In his eyes, most of the people he interviewed were blind. It did not matter if one was wealthy and influential or if they were young and impressionable. Socrates could question anyone and turn him or her inside out. Unfortunately, he did so without regard to the

The first civilization to occur was on the island of Crete. They were called the Minoans. They were successful through trade. The rulers of the empire lived in a vast palace at Knossos. Around 1400 B.C. the Minoan civilization had vanished.

Greek: Geography played an important role in the development of Gee civilization. The mountains and the sea played especially significant roles in the development of Greek history. Much of Greece consists of small plains river valleys surrounded by high mountain ranges. The mountain isolated Greeks from one another, causing different Greek communities to develop their own ways of life. The sea also influenced the evolution of Greek society. The Greeks lived on a number of islands to the west, south, and east of the Greek mainland. By 2800 B.C, a Bronze Age civilization that used metals, especially bronze, in making weapons had been established on the large island of Crete,

The Classic Age of Greece started in 500 B.C.E to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E during this time Greek city states united to go against the Persian Empire and because of that they defeated the Persians. After the war was over and they no longer needed each other, Greek city-states began fighting against one another. When the Greeks weren’t fighting off Persians they were fighting against each other. The two main city-states against each other were Athens and Sparta. The Athenians hated the Spartans so much they asked foreigners for help before even approaching the fellow Greeks. Political change heavily occurred when Athenian citizens made their city state government completely democratic, using the navy force to establish power over other Greeks. Meanwhile in 509 B.C.E the Roman Republic was founded. Rome’s greatest expansion was not during the empire but during the republic. It began with the legend of their first king Romulus. Romulus was known for commanding his men to kidnap and impregnate the Sabine women to create a larger population. Sabine men charged back attacking Rome to rescue their women. In the end they made peace and merged their population with that of Rome. This action displays an intermingling of cultures and peoples. Unlike Greek city-states, Rome expanded by venturing outside of their territory and intermingling with others whether peacefully or violently thus Rome’s relentless effort in expansion is what made them differ to the Greeks

Socrates, a world renowned philosopher, influenced ancient Greece by creating western philosophy, the Socratic Method, and teaching the philosopher Plato. Socrates’ defining achievement was the creation of western philosophy. Western philosophy is defined as the philosophical thought and work of the western portion of the ancient world. He encouraged students to find the truth by asking a myriad of questions. This became known as the Socratic Method. The philosophical ideology he believed in was centered on basic principles. The first principle was that no man enjoys doing immoral deeds and if he acts immorally, this is because he is unaware of the moral thing. Socrates moral values and thoughts about honesty and justice were not popular and others viewed him in a negative light. Even though Socrates was sentenced to death because of his ideas, these ideas were still used and passed down through his students and teachings. Students such as Plato and Aristotle expanded upon his teachings and helped to spread them worldwide. For example, Alexander the Great used and shared Socrates’ ideas with Europe and Asia and eventually these ideas made it around the whole western portion of the world. Therefore, his teachings and ideas brought Socrates onto the international stage. His ideas and teachings are

Learning Outcome #5: The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures, including global and historical perspectives.

I touched on similar topics as you did when discussing what may have been directly responsible with the entering of Dark Age for the Mycenaean civilization. The loss of culture, society and economic downfall all caused the Mycenaean civilizations to lose their identity and any potential avenue of finding relief from the hard times or a quick solution. The huge loss of their culture to me was the loss of the writings and scripts that preserved and documented the important moments and stories of their society. In many times when people or civilization goes through some form of hardship tell ease the pain with such writing or stories or use them to help rebuild. But another detrimental factor to the Mycenaean civilization was the possible

The ancient Greeks were an advanced society that began sometime before 2000 B.C. and ended sometime around 150 B.C. . They made many technological advancements including philosophy and astronomy. The timeline of ancient Greece is split into three parts, beginning, middle (classical age), and end. So from beginning to end this is ancient Greece.

When I first heard about the Minoans, I was immediately entranced. The Minoans were considered to be Europe’s first Great Bronze Age Society starting around 2000 B.C.E, and ending around 1400 B.C.E. The word Minoan was given to the people of ancient Crete by British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans. Arthur Evans named them Minoans because at first he thought he had discovered the palace of king Minos. Arthur Evens hypothesized that the Minoans came from North Africa, but more recent studies through DNA samples tell us that they were European.

The Minoan society is considered to be the first European civilization, which had derived from the heritage of Asia Minor. I have also discovered that in Minoan society women had the liberty to do all that men were able to, aside from ruling. Also, the Minoans were not at large regarding war, they may have had a navy to protect their ships, but besides from that, they were larger on trade with others from the Mediterranean.

The Mycenaean introduced several innovations in the fields of engineering, architecture and military infrastructure, while trade over the Mediterranean was essential for the Mycenaean economy. Mycenaean perished with the collapse of Bronze Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean, to be followed by the Dark Ages, a period leading to Archaic Greece. Various theories have been proposed for the end of this civilization, among them the Dorian invasion or activities connected to the “Sea Peoples”. Additional theories such as natural disasters and climatic changes have been also suggested. The Mycenaean period became the historical setting of much ancient Greek literature and mythology, including the Trojan Epic

I believe the most important event that occurred within chapters 5-7 was during the time of mid-eight century to mid-sixth century B.C.E. when the Greeks population on Greek lands began to reach full capacity and expand. This population influx came into success by the Greek colonies switching from herding into farming. The Greek diet consisted of bread and vegetables, which in theory assisted with fertility and lifespan (122). The import of food and raw materials encouraged the boost of the population. The full capacity reached on Greek lands pushed communities to create colonies abroad to other places like Northern Africa, Southern Italy, around the Black and the Aegean Sea. The expansion of the Greeks had a cultural impact on other

Out of all of these philosophers, one stands out as the origin of Greek philosophy, often being called the father of philosophy itself. Socrates is one of the most famous philosophers of all time, both because of his own work and the fact that he directly taught many other great philosophers, including Plato and Antisthenes, the founder of cynicism. He developed a revolutionary method of teaching that made him famous throughout all of Ancient Greece and still survives today, named the Socratic Method. This style of was framed around questions rather than answers, and students were taught to question all information given to them and to reach conclusions entirely on their own. It was not uncommon for Socrates to ask questions on subjects he knew nothing about, such as astronomy and foreign