History of Europe Questions and Answer

1. Discuss Greek contribution of philosophy/ Literature

  Greece was a great country with many great contributions. In every sector of modern civilization there is  lot of contribution of Greek civilization. From all of this,  Greek civilization mainly  seven  contributions there are Philosophy, Literature, Arts, Game, politics, theater and Myths . The most important contribution  is philosophy and Literature.

Philosophy:   Philosophy was the best Greek contribution.  It helps us understand how those certain Greeks thought. That includes people like Socrates or Plato Ancient Greek philosophy is dominated by three very famous men: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Socrates came first, and Plato was his student.  Aristotle, who was younger, came to study at Plato's school, and also ended up starting his own school.                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Literature:    Four major periods of Greek literature: pre-classical, classical, Hellenistic-Roman, and Byzantine. Of these the most significant works were produced during the pre-classical and classical eras. At the beginning of Greek literature stand the two monumental works of Homer, the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.

2.  Discuss greek contribution of  Art, olympics, politics, theater and Myths.

 Art: Greek art inspired a lot of the modern-day art you see in places like at the movie theater or on book covers, or even statues. Most Greek sculptures are emotionless, and usually capture the serenity of motion, and were always proportional, this form of art was known as classical art. The Greeks believed that the emotionless art showed a sense of power.

Olympics: The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in to honor of their gods. The ancient Olympics are thought to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honor of Zeus. . The olympics were not the only games/sports the Greeks played. They contained five days with many events. It led to the modern day olympics.

Politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek statesman Pericles had three goals, to Strengthen Democracy, Hold strength in the empire, and to glorify Athens. The Greeks affected many of our constitutional rights. Political power could be exercised by citizens.

Theater:  It might have been inspired by ancient Greek plays. There are two main groups of plays, tragedies, in which the main characters strength usually gets him into trouble at the end, and comedies, (That's right funny plays.)  a way to get political messages to the public, or just to "poke fun" at a certain group, or class of people.

Myths: The Greeks used myths to explain many of the amazing wonders of the world, and we use them to pass on the time, or more importantly learn what these brilliant masterminds thought about what we now call science.  There are thousands of myths wrote by the Greeks, and almost all of them have changed over the years, the originals lost in time, maybe never again seen. 

  

2. Peloponnesian war in Greek

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      The word Peloponnesian comes from the name of the peninsula in southern Greece called the Peloponnese.

      The first Peloponnesian War lasted for 10 years. During this time the Spartans dominated the land and the Athenians dominated the sea. Athens built long walls all the way from the city to its seaport Piraeus.

      In 415 BC, Athens decided to help one of their allies on the island of Sicily. They sent a large force there to attack the city of Syracuse. Athens lost the battle horribly and Sparta decided to retaliate starting the Second Peloponnesian War.

       The Spartans began to gather allies to conquer Athens. They even enlisted the help of the Persians who lent them money to build a fleet of warships. Athens, however recovered and won a series of battles between 410 and 406 BC.

3. Roman Civilization.

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The Roman Empire  was the largest empire of the ancient world. Its capital was Rome, and its empire was based in the Mediterranean. The empire was the third stage of Ancient Rome. Rome was first ruled by Roman kings, then by the Roman Republic, then by an emperor.

It began in Rome in 753 BC. Rome controlled over two million square miles stretching from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Britain to Asia Minor. The Western Roman Empire officially ended 4 September 476 CE.

   The Barbarian attacks on Rome partially stemmed from a mass migration caused by the Huns' invasion of Europe in the late fourth century. When these Eurasian warriors rampaged through northern Europe, they drove many Germanic tribes to the borders of the Roman Empire.