The ancient Greeks were a remarkable civilization.
By studying ancient Greece, we can learn more about .
our own lives. America's ideas about government, science, mathematics, medicine, .
history, philosophy, art, architecture, athletics, and theatre are replicated from the ideas of .
Greek culture. .
My look at the similarities between ancient Greece and America will mainly focus on the .
likeliness of the political systems of ancient Greece and America. My paper will .
basically state important essential facts about the political and economical system in .
Greece and how the procedure relates to America's systems.
There were five main forms of Government for the several thousand years of its history.
The distinguishing factor among them was whether they depended on a strong central .
authority or on a shared authority. Their five forms of government were bisected into .
two groups. The first group consisted of monarchy, chiefdom, tyranny, and the second .
group contained oligarchy and democracy. Monarchs governed the Minoans and the .
Mycenaean's. The monarchs only ruled a local territory instead of a widespread kingdom. .
They mainly controlled defense, economics, and law.
The chiefdoms had very limited power. Basically their amount of power was based on .
how much their followers agreed to let them have.
The tyrants were very powerful and somewhat malice. The tried to create powerful .
family dynasties. The only reason why the citizens liked them was because the supported .
and supplied public employment.
Like Greece, America has main forms of government during its powerful time in history. .
However, America has three main forms of government. Those three main forms are the .
Judicial Branch, the Executive branch and the Legislative Branch. The Judicial Branch .
interpreted the laws, the Executive branch passes the laws and the Legislative branch .
creates the bills that they hope will become laws. The monarch form from ancient .
And so, what is now considered Ancient Greece was born. The First Period of Ancient Greece was the Archaic Age, from about 750B.C-480B.C. ... The 2nd Ancient Greek period, the Athenian Empire, was from around 480B.C - 359B.C. ... Ancient Greece's economy depended on agriculture and trade. ... Grecian life was a life similar to what America was in the 1600-1700's. ...
Three ways in which Americans are indebted to the ancient Hebrews are Old Testament, high moral principal and monotheism. 4. ... Geography greatly affected the people of ancient Greece. ... The Greeks learned about writing, navigation, and other achievements from the Cretans. 2. ... One similarity is they both wanted control of Greece. A difference between Hellenic Period and Hellenistic Period is they had a difference concept in philosophy about their gods. ...
In addition, the people themselves were glorified in "the Ionic frieze above [the Pathenon's] columns, [which] depicted the struggle between the Greeks and the Persians" (116). ... Another similarity is the court system. ... Also, in Ancient Greece and today, government officials in general are paid for their services. Another similarity in the governmental systems is the meeting that the Greeks called "Ostracism," but is known today as impeachment. ... In ancient Greece, there was no standing army; instead, citizens had the right to choose whether they wanted to join the military, as...
Epic and modern day heroes have many similarities and differences. ... It comes from ancient Greece, one of the world's richest civilizations. ... He was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. ... From the courageous demi-god of Greek myths to America's favorite superhero, He moves faster than a speeding bullet and bends steel with his bare hands. ... There are many similarities and differences between Hercules and Superman. ...
In Ancient civilizations such as the Greek, religion serves as a catalyst further strengthening the bond found in such homogeneous societies. ... The ancient Greeks held close to a common polytheistic belief system and operated the government, domestic lifestyle, and recreation from this system. ... However, despite these similarities, each feature is observed differently by the two religions. ... The last feature shared between both religions is funeral rites. ... The future is a great topic to think about and is the topic most thought of in America. ...
The information to follow will explain the similarities of the Roman sports and athletes and the American sports and athletes. ... Greeks were the first to influence the Romans when it came to sports. However, the Romans did not follow exactly as the Greeks. ... Boxing, which originated in ancient Greece was recognized in North America in 1867 and a Boxing Association formed in 1921. ... There are a lot of similarities between ancient Rome games and American games today. ...
The four elements chosen to research for the ancient Romans were clothing, food, art, and music. ... And woman would wear a common tunic worn that was similar to the Greek chiton. ... Roman food is similar to American ways of eating but also different greatly. The Romans had break, lunch, and dinner just like Americans only they differed in these ways. ... A similarity between the Egyptians and the Romans was the use of the harps and lyres which would be plucked rather than bowed. ...
There are marked similarities within the Native American myths, which both described a spirit world. ... " The young warrior in the Algonquin myth found "an ancient wise man" who "who recited some magic chants [to make] the warrior's spirit leave his body" so the warrior could continue to search for his dead bride. ... The Native American feel more optimistic towards the afterlife while the Babylonians would fear its coming. ... An interesting similarity between many of these resurrection myths if the fact that the protagonist oftens comes tantalizingly close to ...
Prostitution dates back to ancient times. ... In ancient times, prostitutes where common in places like Greece and Rome. In Greece, both men and women were prostitutes and had to pay taxes. ... Some of the fatalities in America are at the hands of prostitution. ... Throughout America, the issue of teenage prostitution is still being dealt with. ...