The Rise Of Ancient Greece And Persia Empires

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The Rise of Ancient Greece and Ancient Persia Empires

Greece and Persia are two of the four great empires that rose to the top rapidly. Both empires have well organized political systems that greatly influenced the way later governments were structured in the United States and Europe. Greece and Persia empire’s structures weighed greatly on their development and growth, but the diverse topographies of Greece and Persia also made a vast impact. These features affected the cultures and even how the political government changed overtime.
Geographical Factors of Ancient Greece and Persia
As the mainland Greece grew, resources became scarce and competition increased (Acrobatiq,2014.) This caused the Greeks to resettle in the coastal areas of the …show more content…

The Panhellenic culture was a combination of the Minoan, Mycenaean, and later Greek tribal cultures. In addition, the Panhellenic culture combined the Minoan gods and goddesses with the Indo-European ones forming a temple with a group of gods known as the Twelve Olympians serving as the main group. To celebrate, the Greeks would gather every four years to play games at Olympia. This caused many Greek tribes to come together and form a common culture. Overtime, the Archaic period started a spread of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean area. One of the cultures during this time was the Hellenic culture. The Hellenic culture was based on the work of Socrates and Plato. Socrates was the best-known teacher of wisdom in the fifth century in Athens (Acrobatiq,2014.) Socrates was concerned with real life problems, education, and how people could improve in daily living. While, some criticized him for his belief towards the gods, others admired him and considered him originated scientific knowledge and asking a sequence of …show more content…

Philip II became king in 359 BCE. He took on a series of reform to strengthen and expand his kingdom. Under his leadership, a weak, backward country with an ineffective undisciplined army became am efficient military force. Philip II was able to take over many territories around Macedonia. Philip II used bribery, warfare, and threat to protect his kingdom. Over the next twenty-three years, Philip II took his soldiers and a cavalry and fought through Thebes, Corinth, Athens, and many other smaller poleis, gathering new forces and wealth (Acrobatiq,2014.) King Philip II’s insight and determination set the platform for his son Alexander. In 336 BCE, King Philip II was assassinated by a Macedonian and his son Alexander the Great became

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