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Each ancient Greek city was independent, and many different cities made their distinctive contribution to Greek culture.
When we think of the Golden Age of Greece we normally mean primarily Periclean Athens.
Athens had established itself as the leader of a loose confederation of Greek states (the Delian league) which had initially banded together to protect themselves from Persian aggressions. Athens became treasurer of the League, and became rich enough to build the Parthenon and hold religious festivals at which playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides competed.
But there was an alternative nexus of power in the west Peloponnese, arranged around Sparta. The Delian League was largely sea-based and led by Athens, but an important group of cities (including Thebes) distrusted what they saw as Athenian empire-building, and formed the Peloponnesian League (under Sparta's hegemony) to oppose Athenian expansion.
The friction between Sparta and Athens eventually erupted in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) which destroyed first Athens and then Sparta as serious military powers. This in turn left the way open for the rise of Macedonia, and Alexander the great - but that would be a little later.
Acropolis (highest part of Athens) was the was the center of city life in Ancient Athens as concerns politics and religion. As concerns economics, the Agora/Marketplace was the center.
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What this city was the center of commerce and culture in the Hellenistic world?
Alexandria
Which greek city-state became the first democracy?
Athens
What was the city center of a powerful culture in Greece 1500 BC?
Athens
Why did Alexander the Great want to expand the Greek culture?
He thought of it as civilising - Greeks considered their culture and system of city-states as superior.
What term translates as top of the city and refers to the portion of an ancient Greek city-state that functioned as its religious center?
agora
Which city replaced Athens as the center of Greek culture?
Alexandria
What city became the center of culture and arts in Japan?
Heian-Kyo
What city became the center of Greek culture during the late 500's BC and held that position for almost two hundred years?
Athens ;) A+ cheaters
Which city became the center of greek culture during the late 500s and held that position for almost two hundred years?
Athens, Greece, has been in existance since the 4th millennium BC. Its power has ebbed and waned during that time. About 300BC, it was Alexandria, located in the Nile delta of Egypt, that replaced Athens as the center of Greek culture.
Which city became the center of greek culture during the 500s BC and held that position for almost two hundred years?
Athens, Greece, has been in existance since the 4th millennium BC. Its power has ebbed and waned during that time. About 300BC, it was Alexandria, located in the Nile delta of Egypt, that replaced Athens as the center of Greek culture.
Which city became the center of Greek culture during the late BC and held the position for almost two hundred years?
Athens, Greece, has been in existance since the 4th millennium BC. Its power has ebbed and waned during that time. About 300BC, it was Alexandria, located in the Nile delta of Egypt, that replaced Athens as the center of Greek culture.
What city became the center of Greek culture during the late 500s BC and held that position for almost two hundred years?
Athens. It is still the capital today.
Which greek city became the center for a new system of government in which citzens governed themselves?
Athens.
Which Greek city became the center for new system of government in which citizens governed themselves?
Athens
Which city became the center greek culture during the late 500s BC and held that position for almost two hundred years?
Athens, Greece, has been in existance since the 4th millennium BC. Its power has ebbed and waned during that time. About 300BC, it was Alexandria, located in the Nile delta of Egypt, that replaced Athens as the center of Greek culture.
What songhai city became the center of Muslim culture?
The city of Timbuktu in Mali became the center of Muslim culture in Songhai due to its famous mosques, libraries, and reputation as a center of learning and trade. It was a hub for Islamic scholarship and trade routes in West Africa.
What city was the center of greek culture?
Because of it's location, Alexandria became a prosperous trade center of the Hellenistic world. After Alexander the Great's death, Hellenistic cities (non-Greek cities sharing characteristics of true Greek cities) were thriving cultural centers for a while.
