Articles related to "City States"

The city state of ancient Sparta was a martial culture the likes the world has rarely seen.

A Semite from the city-state of Akkad, Sargon would create an empire that would change the political and cultural identity of Sumer.

The Sumerians were the earliest known group of people to inhabit the Middle Eastern region known as Mesopotamia.

Approaching the height of its power, Sumer was a confederacy (loose union) of city-states, often with one dominating at a given period of time until the rise of Akkad.

The emergence of political systems during the Archaic period led to a variety of different forms of governance among the many city states in Ancient Greece.

Italy has long been credited as the birthplace of the European Renaissance. However, during the early years of the Renaissance, much of Italy was at war.

Hunters/gatherers became farmers, and farmers became lawmakers and artisans, who transformed scattered villages into civilized cities.

IOnce a lazy backwater with a seedy waterfront, today Singapore is a Modern City State an island reaping the benefits of an oil and shipping business allied with tourism

Sparta's reputation was based on a rigid militaristic system while Athens developed a prosperous economy based on commercial pursuits yet both played key roles in Greece.

A look at the rise and fall of one of the most famous Greek City-States of the ancient world. Revered by many, how did Sparta achieve domination, and how did she lose it?

By 3,000 B.C.E., population growth had led to the rise of City-States and small kingdoms that were united in a network of trade stretching from the Indus to the Nile.

The definition of the glossary term Boule

Definition of the glossary term Polis

Glossary definition of the term archon

Definition of the glossary term Peloponnesian War

The Persian Wars are often looked at from the viewpoint of the Greeks, mainly the Athenians and Spartans. This article will look at the events from a Persian perspective.

The Early Dynastic Period, spanning from 2900-2450 B.C.E., is the era when historical evidence first becomes available to shed light on the institution of early kingship.

The temptation to compare and contrast two great ancient civilizations must be tempered with the fact that Greece and Rome were uniquely different communities.

The Battle of Marathon highlighted the superiority of the phalanx that had evolved out of geographical considerations as well as a smaller population base.

In order to understand Dante's masterpiece, we need to understand the context in which it was written, amongst the tumultuous politics of 14th century Florence.

Dedicated to Athena, the patron goddess of the city-state, the Parthenon represented a superb example of classical architecture and is still the iconic image of Greece.

Though prosperous, turmoil began to simmer, leading to internal and external conflicts and a preview of things to come for the Etruscans.

Rome and Carthage differed in many ways including social, cultural, religious, and military aspects yet the final Punic War determined which power would survive.

A brief overview of a standard phalanx-to-phalanx engagement between opposing Hoplite armies in the age of the Greek City States.

Early laws focused on monetary compensation for offenses, but later Sumerian civilization will see harsher, and more brutal penalties.

The Ancient Olympic Games began as a celebration, but evolved into a spectacle of athletic perfection and individual achievement.

The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states in the late 15th century. Italian trade, Rennaissance painters, writers and thinkers with respective works are noted.

With the news that British Carrier Virgin Atlantic is to bypass Asian hubs on its direct flight from UK to Australia, hotel extras are welcomed by the tourist trade.

Saint Paul is the capital of the state of Minnesota and one of the Twin Cities, along with Minneapolis. Elegant restaurants offer great fine dining.

Definition of the glossary term Persian Wars

Monarchy is the oldest and most used model of government from the Ancient World through the Middle Ages and the development of early modern nation states.

Sogdian caravans spread kernels of the world's religions from China to Syria. They dominated the Silk Road as masters of trade, diplomacy, and translators of scripture.

During a time of great instability in a region without unity, the Babylonians managed to bring city-states together, and form one of the world's first superpowers.

Fought from 17 - 19 September 480 BC, the Battle of Thermopylae has gone down in history as a shining example of courage and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds.

Ancient Corinth was a very important city among the Greek city-states, controlling a most of the communications and passage of trade ships and merchants in its heyday.

It is a well-established historical fact that Democracy began with the Greeks; but how similar was this system to those in the modern world?

Getting a letter published in a favorite comic book is a dream of many fans. Here are four tips that can help make that dream a reality.

Sumerians lived a life typical of most ancient civilization, a life which was simplified with the onset of numerous innovations like pottery, the wheel, and metallurgy.

Corinth was home to many landmarks and monuments that proved historically significant from Ancient times through the Christian era.

Although the Delphic Oracle is best known for dispensing advice concerning imperial matters such as with Croesus, it became a repository of ancient knowledge and history.

An account of the professional mercenaries that ravaged and despoiled France, Spain and Italy during the latter half of the 14th century.

The Early Bronze Age city-state of Ur enjoyed great wealth and power as a trading center and it used this might to gain political control over its neighbors.

While Ikariam was at least a unique concept, Ogame offers a browser game that people should pass up for commercial its competition.

Freepoverty, Facebook, Geosense and other websites offer geography games and opportunities to test and improve world geography general knowledge online for free.

Edmund Morris writes a masterful account of the events that shaped the man who became the 26th President of the United States

Sparta was a city-state that developed very differently than other Greek city states, focusing intensely on military strength and discipline.

Days of fighting in the pass of Thermopylae had shown the Spartans seemingly unbeatable. But the historian Herodotus tells of the treachery that finally defeated them.

Coins have an ancient history: the first coins were minted some 700 years before the birth of Christ, in the ancient kingdom of Lydia (modern-day western Turkey).

On a sacred site near Miletus, the Temple of Apollo at Didyma brought pilgrims, hosted festivals, and dispensed advice from the oracle through the fourth century AD.

In 377 B.C., Athens issued a decree that established a confederacy of Greek city-states. This decree thus officially founded the Second Athenian Conference.