how did ancient greece's accomplishments compare to mesopotamia, egypt and hebrews accomplishments?
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uh, this would take about 4 books to answer.
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Actually i believe it is Ancient Greece is given the title of the foundation of modern democracy; Ancient Rome, if you are referring to Caesar (was a king)Kings are not elected they assume power usually in succession through bloodline or by hostile take over.
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if u are doing something about Greece, then why u don't try to see the paralell between the ancient olympics and the modern ones.  Here is the games from ancient Greece that are still being practiced now:\nAncient ones\nBoxing \nEquestrian events \nChariot racing \nRiding\nPankration \nPentathlon \nDiscus= disk\nJavelin \nJump \nRunning \nWrestling\nRunning \nWrestling\n\nModern ones:\nSummer sports:\n\nAquatics\nArchery\nAthletics\nBadminton\nBaseball\nBasketball\nBoxing\nCanoe / kayak\nCycling\nEquestrian\n   Fencing\nFootball\nGymnastics\nHandball\nHockey\nJudo\nModern Pentathlon\nRowing\nSailing\n   Shooting\nSoftball\nTable Tennis\nTaekwondo\nTennis\nTriathlon\nVolleyball\nWeightlifting\nWrestling
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World \nThe Great Pyramid of Giza \nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon \nThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus \nThe Statue of Zeus at Olympia \nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus \nThe Colossus of Rhodes \nThe Pharos of Alexandria
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your best bet is to look here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World\n\n    * The Great Pyramid of Giza\n    * The Hanging Gardens of Babylon\n    * The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\n    * The Statue of Zeus at Olympia\n    * The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus\n    * The Colossus of Rhodes\n    * The Pharos of Alexandria \n\nThe Seven Wonders of the Modern World\n\n    * The Empire State Building\n    * The Itaipú Dam\n    * The CN Tower\n    * The Panama Canal\n    * The Channel Tunnel\n    * The North Sea Protection Works\n    * The Golden Gate Bridge\n\noops, forgot this one:\n\nThe Seven Natural Wonders of the World\n\n    * Mount Everest\n    * The Great Barrier Reef\n    * The Grand Canyon\n    * Victoria Falls\n    * The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro\n    * Paricutin Volcano\n    * The Northern Lights
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The value of pi was not very well calculated during that time period. In fact, Archimedes (about 200 BC) was able to say that it is between 3 10/71 and 3 1/7. This is only a 2 decimal place accuracy. However, he did give a method involving polygons to obtain better approximations.\n\nThe Egyptians had a rather unusual system for fractions which was rather cumbersome to work with. They did multiplication and division by doubling, halving, and addition.\n\nThe intellectual Greeks and Romans tended to use the Babylonian system which was a base 60 system. The methods were fairly similar to our system. For things like square roots, they did successive approximations. The specific approximations used depend on the time period.
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Both Mesopotamia and Indus Valley were fertile river valleys in the fertile crescent which practiced agriculture with plows early on, whereas the native american horticulture relied on individual plantation of fruit plants. \n\nMesopotamians and Indus valley people lived in cities and practiced irrigation.\n\nCivilizations with similar organisation in America are known from Mexico (Maya, Aztecs) and Peru (Inkas and precursors), but material culture was different. \n\nThere is a superficial similarity between Mesopotamian ziggurats and Aztec step pyramids.\n\nAnother similarity were the primitive reed boats/floats used for fishing wherever suitable reed was available.\n\nThe lack of metalworking (except gold) in America and the absence of draft beasts makes american cultures different.\n\n\nThe sedentary cultures along the Mississippi resemble more closely the Danubian settlements in Europe than any Mesopotamian parallel, again with the main difference that no draft beasts and no metal were used in America. Climate and nature were similar.
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This is a bit of a loaded question. If we define civilization as "agrarian (farming) societies with solid structures and a loose governmental hierarchy, then we can say Sumerian and Babylonian peoples, in Mesopotamia (the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - now called Iraq). \n\nBut it's imortant to realize that human brain hasn't changes for some 30,000 years. If we say roughly, the Mesopotamia was 5,000-2,500 b.c.e., (nearly 7,000 years ago), then we have to ask what happened before that? \n\nHuman no doubt lived in tribal units, and were learning the art of agriculture and animal husbandry. They no doubt had social structures and rules. So, the only difference is building. We could say that they in fact were civilized or at least trying to be. \n\nBut technically, on the books, it's Mesopotamia.
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Israel is associated with the earliest stage in the history of humanity by the "Galilee Skull", while recent excavations in Jericho have produced the oldest evidence of organized city life.  \nThe first known inhabitants of Israel in historic times were the Canaanites from whom the land long took its name. By c. 3000-2500 BCE the inhabitants seem to have been largely Semitic speaking; they introduced the use of bronze and developed cities. The Bible mentions seven tribes which dominated the country. The long struggle for its control between the South (Egypt) and the North (Assyria), which - in varying political forms - was to dominate the local scene down to the 19th cent. had already begun at this time. The country was now divided into large numbers of warring city-states ruled over by petty "kings." \n\nIt first enters into Jewish history with the immigration of Abraham whose descendants continued to consider it their home. The Tel El Amarna letters throw much light on conditions in Canaan in the 15th cent. BCE and on the conquests of the Semitic "Habiru," perhaps denoting or comprising incursions by the Israelite tribes. The Israelite tribes gave the country (henceforth "the land of Israel") its unity and historic significance. Except during the brief Crusading interlude (1099-1187), the concept of "Palestine" has in fact existed only in relation to Israelite and Jewish history. The Israelites' invasion was a slow and difficult process: they first established themselves in the plains, and only gradually obtained control of the hill-country; the process was completed with the capture by King David of Jerusalem in c. 1000 BCE. Meanwhile, the disunited and sometimes warring Israelite tribes, ruled over by regional Judges, were the prey of other invaders from the north and east. The most dangerous were the Philistines, sea-invaders from the Aegean, near Greece, who obtained firm control of the Maritime Plain in the 12th cent. BCE and thence pushed inland.  \n\nFor a time, it seemed probable that they would subdue the whole country. But the threat forged union on the Israelite tribes at last, largely through the spiritual dominance of the Prophet Samuel and the military genius of King Saul who established a monarchy embracing the entire country. His work was completed by his son-in-law King David who finally crushed the Philistine menace and extended the boundaries of the state in all directions. The latter's son King Solomon raised the kingdom to a great pitch of magnificence by his maritime enterprises, his lavish court, and his ambitious buildings, including the Temple at Jerusalem to serve as a religious center. The heavy taxation which all this necessitated resulted in widespread discontent, and after King Solomon's death, the northern tribes revolted.  \n\nHenceforth, the Land of Israel was divided for many years into two rival and sometimes warring states -- the smaller kingdom of Judah in the south [from which derives the word "Jew"], and the larger, more luxurious and more powerful kingdom of Israel (or Shamron-Samaria) to the north. The latter, weakened by internal dissensions between rival dynasties and recurrent wars with the kingdom of Syria (Damascus), succumbed in 721 to the Assyrians, its inhabitants being to a great extent deported and replaced by new settlers.  \n\nThe kingdom of Judah, more secluded geographically and more staunch spiritually and politically, for the moment escaped but succumbed in 586 before the Babylonians (Iraq). Jerusalem was now destroyed, large numbers of the inhabitants deported, and the monarchy abolished. An attempt to renew organized political life in subordination to Babylonia under Gedaliah, a member of the old royal house, was ended by his assassination (582 BCE).  \n\nOn the overthrow of the Babylonian Empire, the Persian (Iranian) king Cyrus permitted the children of the exiles, who had continued to cherish
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7 Wonders of the Ancient World:\nThe Great Pyramid of Giza\nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon\nThe Statue of Zeus at Olympia \nThe Colossus of Rhodes \nThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus\nThe Pharos of Alexandria (The Lighthouse of Alexandria)\n\n\n7 Wonders of the Modern World\nChannel Tunnel (England & France)\nCN Tower (Toronto)\nEmpire State Building (New York)\nGolden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)\nItaipu Dam (Brazil/Paraguay)\nNetherlands North Sea Protection Works (Netherlands)\nPanama Canal (Panama)
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Ancient Greece offers us a wealth in all the areas you listed. Their dramas are still pertinent to this day ie the conflict of divided loyalties as presented in Sophocles "Antigone". We can learn much about human nature by exploring the mythology created by the Greeks as they sought to explain humans and their existence. They produced beautiful as well as utilitarian structures that celebrated life. They became a spring board for the developing mythologies of the East as they endeavored to portray deities as more accessible and supportive.
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-------The Great Pyramid of Giza\n\nA gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu.\n\n\n\n-------The Hanging Gardens of Babylon\n\nA palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by King Nebuchadnezzar II.\n\n\n\n-------The Statue of Zeus at Olympia \n\nAn enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor Pheidias.\n\n\n\n-------The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\n\nA beautiful temple in Asia Minor erected in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting and wild nature.\n\n\n\n-------The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus\n\nA fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian satrap of Caria.\n\n\n\n-------The Colossus of Rhodes \n\nA colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks near the harbor of a Mediterranean Island.\n\n\n\n-------The Lighthouse of Alexandria\n\nA lighthouse built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos off the coast of their capital city.
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There are many lists. One such list from Wikipedia:\n\nGreat Pyramid of Giza\nHanging Gardens of Babylon\nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus\nStatue of Zeus at Olympia\nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus\nColossus of Rhodes\nLighthouse of Alexandria
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In roughly the same time period as the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, during which King Tutankhamun reigned near the end of the 18th Dynasty, the broader European region was in what most scholars term the Bronze Age.\nThe Aegean area (roughly the area of Greece and associated islands) was part of a broader trading network throughout North Africa (including Egypt), and the Near East (areas of the modern states of Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, etc.)  \nIn Central Europe at roughly this time period, people were working metal, trading as far away as modern Britain, and settlements seem to have been fairly small, often protected by a palisade wall.\nThe Wessex Culture in Britain had broad ranging trade links, practiced inhumation in barrows, and is responsible for the construction of Stonehenge.\n\nAgain, these are rough chronological synchronies and it's difficult to give a brief account of "stages" of civilization without writing an extensive piece on anthropological and archaeological theory regarding stages of development, the validity of the term "civilization," etc.
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The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the \nThere are many versions of the list - ancient, modern, natural.\n\nAncient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim.\n\nListed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are:\n\nWonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause \nGreat Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians - - \nHanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians  ? earthquake \nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Anatolians BC 356 fire \nStatue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks  ? fire \nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Hellenized Carians  ? earthquake \nColossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic civilization BC 224 earthquake \nLighthouse of Alexandria 3rd century BC Hellenistic civilization  ? earthquake \n\nAntipater's original list replaced the Lighthouse of Alexandria with the Walls of Babylon. It wasn't until the 6th century AD that the list above was used. Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been definitively proven. Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters. The Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, while the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus, and Mausoleum of Maussollos, were destroyed by earthquakes.\n\nA curious piece of trivia about the Seven Wonders is that all the sites of the seven wonders were located in the Ottoman Empire at one time or another.\n\n[edit]\nMore recent lists\nIn the tradition of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, many other lists of wonders have been proposed, including both human feats of engineering and wonders of nature. However, these lists are rather informal, and there is no consensus on any particular list.\n\n[edit]\nModern wonders\nThe following list of the top seven existing wonders was compiled by Hillman Wonders:[1]\n\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nGreat Wall of China \nTaj Mahal \nSerengeti Migration \nGalapagos \nGrand Canyon \nMachu Picchu \nThe American Society of Civil Engineers compiled another list of wonders of the modern world:\n\nChannel Tunnel \nCN Tower \nEmpire State Building \nGolden Gate Bridge \nItaipu Dam \nNetherlands' Tidal Defences - delta works \nPanama Canal \n[edit]\nNatural wonders\nSimilar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, as there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many lists was compiled by CNN [2]:\n\nGrand Canyon \nGreat Barrier Reef \nHarbor of Rio de Janeiro \nMount Everest \nNorthern Lights \nParicutín volcano \nVictoria Falls \n[edit]\nUnderwater wonders\nThis list of underwater wonders is of unknown origin but has been repeated sufficiently often to acquire a degree of notability:[3] [4]\n\nPalau \nBelize Barrier Reef \nGreat Barrier Reef \nDeep-Sea Vents \nGalapagos Islands \nLake Baikal \nNorthern Red Sea \n[edit]\nAlternative list\nThe New 7 Wonders foundation has launched a poll to decide another new list of 7 Wonders, with 21 sites on its shortlist, as follows[5]:\n\nAcropolis (Athens, Greece) \nAlhambra (Granada, Spain) \nAngkor (Cambodia) \nChichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico) \nChrist Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) \nColosseum (Rome, Italy) \nEaster Island Statues (Chile) \nEiffel Tower (Paris, France) \nGreat Wall (China) \nHagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) \nKremlin (Moscow, Russia) \n Kiyomizu Temple (Kyoto, Japan) \nMachu Picchu (Peru) \nNeuschwanstein Castle (Füssen, Germany) \nPetra (Jordan) \nPyramids of Giza (Egypt) \nStatue of Liberty (New York, United States) \nStonehenge (Amesbury, United Kingdom) \nSydney Opera House (Australia) \nTaj Mahal (Agra, India) \nTim
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Ancient Greece and Crete, see here:\n\nhttp://www.petrspacek.com/history/history1.htm