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- Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ...ent Greece]] between c. 600 and c. 200 BC. The [[polis]] of [[Athens]], the political and military power...
7: ...ition holds that formal theatre in Athens evolved from festivals related to the cult of [[Dionysus]], ...
9: ... the Dionysia each year. The dithyrambs began as frenzied [[improvisation]]s. In the 600s BC, the poe...
17: ...have complete plays that survive extant. All are from Athens. They are the tragic writers [[Aeschylu...
21: ... Comedy|New Comedy]]. The only extant playwright from the period is [[Menander]]. One of New Comedy'... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...t are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]], and [[U...
4: ...izations, while Greek-speaking, were so different from later Greek cultures that they should be classe...
14: [[Image:vcycladic.jpg|thumb|left|Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC]]
15: ...th century BC is a "[[Greek Dark Ages|dark age]]" from which no primary texts, and only scant archaeol...
20: ..., where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or mountain ranges. - Politics (7193 bytes)
9: ...d equal right to every resource in nature and was free to use any means to acquire those resources. H...
16: ..." is derived from the Greek word for city-state, "Polis". Corporate, religious, academic and every other...
21: ...governed. However, this democracy was limited to free, male, landholders.
25: ...bility of education and leisure to otherwise disenfranchised classes along with a desire to participat...
79: [[fr:Politique]] - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...cal Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such...
23: ... an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated remains of many centuries' wort...
25: ...could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ...
48: ...]], where there is evidence of religious activity from the [[2nd millennium BC]] onward, centered arou...
59: ... mythology|Roman]] god [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] (from '''Jovis Pater''' or "Father '''Jove'''") and a... - Acropolis (1763 bytes)
1: ...own example of the kind, see the article on [[Acropolis, Athens]].''
3: [[image:Athens_Acropolis.jpg|thumb|250px|Acropolis in [[Athens]]]]
4: ...e early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides, and these ...
6: The word "Acropolis", though Greek in origin and associated primarily...
8: ...ly known without qualification as simply "The Acropolis". - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
1: ...5px|The Acropolis of Athens lit up at night, seen from Phillopapus Hill]]
2: ...is3.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the hill of the [[Pnyx]] to the west]]
3: ...is4.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the north, with the restored [[Stoa of Attalus]...
4: ...x|The south wall of the Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Theatre of Dionysus]]]]
5: ...is2.jpg|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus]] to the south-ea... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
3: ...entury]], architecture of the past was understood from a [[form|formal]] perspective, emphasizing the ...
7: ...es and seeks to liberate its history and practice from inappropriate Western doctrines.
9: ...anged approaches across time — the changing frameworks traced across the many editions of [[Sir ...
17: At the beginning, [[humanity]] was confronted with a world thoroughly alive with [[god]]s,...
33: ...ch place had its own nature, set within a world refracted through myth, thus temples were sited atop m... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
13: ...xander the Great]]. In [[333 BC]], Alexander came from [[Gordium]] to Ankara and stayed in the city fo...
17: ... 6th century, it remained an important crossroads polis within the Byzantine Empire until late 11th centu...
23: ...ing shared by the [[Greece|Greeks]], the [[France|French]], the [[United Kingdom|British]], and the [[...
38: [[Image:Ankara06.jpg|thumb|300px|left|An artifact,from the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations|Image pro...
41: ...useum and houses a rich collection of Turkish art from the late [[19th century]] to the present day. T... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ... BC]], and was ruled first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Constantinople]] until the Arab conquest in A...
8: ...acedon]], conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptians ...
14: ...ges throughout the country. Upper Egypt, farthest from the centre of government, was less immediately ...
19: ...s then tried to invade Egypt but Ptolemy held the frontier against him. When the coalition was renewed...
29: ...[Babylonia]], while his fleets in the Aegean made fresh conquests as far north as [[Thrace]]. - Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ...ent Greece]] between c. 600 and c. 200 BC. The [[polis]] of [[Athens]], the political and military power...
7: ...ition holds that formal theatre in Athens evolved from festivals related to the cult of [[Dionysus]], ...
9: ... the Dionysia each year. The dithyrambs began as frenzied [[improvisation]]s. In the 600s BC, the poe...
17: ...have complete plays that survive extant. All are from Athens. They are the tragic writers [[Aeschylu...
21: ... Comedy|New Comedy]]. The only extant playwright from the period is [[Menander]]. One of New Comedy'... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
9: ...|thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...mbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
30: ...G|right|thumb|150px|Sack of Jerusalem. A fragment from the [[Arch of Titus]], Rome.]]
34: ...on Jews, and resettling the city as a [[pagan]] [[polis]] under the name [[Aelia Capitolina]]. Jews were ...
36: ...city, except under a brief period of Persian rule from 614-629.
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