hey. i have a question about greece. like, for a study guide!! please help!?

Question

ok. hi. how are you today?

i came down with the stomach virus a few days ago, and ended up missing a huge history test.

its about ancient greece. like athens, sparta, and other areas.

it really gave me an advantage, because now i have more time to study.

but theres a few things i need to add to my study guide.

-i need to know a few contributions given to us by the athenians and spartans.
-i need to know who the "father of geometry" was ((in ancient greece))
-i need to know why sparta failed to influence the civilizations of later times, and the modern world.
-i need to be able to identify and label certain areas in greece(i dont know what ones, so just a clear, easy to read map of ancient greece might do fine)
- and i need to know why athens was a better civilization than sparta.

i know it's a lot.

and just imagine, this is a sixth grade test!(even though its enrichment sixth grade)
a website name would be appreciated(or a link)

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Answer 1

....................Geometry..........
The entire history of contributors is in the link below........
The Egyptians were probably the first to use geometry.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Proculus_history_geometry.html
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Euclid was a follower of Plato
There were contributors well before Euclid
It was Thales, contribution before Euclid
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Thales who, after a visit to Egypt, first brought this study to Greece. Not only did he make numerous discoveries himself, but laid the foundations for many other discoveries on the part of his successors, attacking some problems with greater generality and others more empirically. After him Mamercus, the brother of the poet Stesichorus, is said to have embraced the study of geometry, and in fact Hippias of Elis writes that he achieved fame in that study.

After these Pythagoras changed the study of geometry, giving it the form of a liberal discipline, seeking its first principles in ultimate ideas, and investigating its theorems abstractly and in a purely intellectual way. It was he who discovered the subject of proportions and the construction of the cosmic figures. After him Anaxagoras of Clazomenae devoted himself to many of the problems of geometry, as did Oenopides of Chios, who was a little younger than Anaxagoras. Plato in The Rivals mentions them both as having achieved repute in mathematics. After them Hippocrates of Chios the discoverer of the quadrature of the lune, and Theodorus of Cyrene gained fame in geometry. For Hippocrates is the first man on record who also composed Elements.
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..................Contributions..............
http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=78
Greece contributed so many things to modern civilization; some of our society is directly borrowed from these people. The Athenian culture produced some great art from this time period, and the Classical and Hellenistic period of Greek art is still studied and admired today. Some of the greatest and long lasting monuments were made by the Athenians (The Acropolis, The Parthenon etc.). The architecture from this time also is copied today, many of our governmental of today use the Greek style. The philosophers and scientists of Athens gave humanity so much. Sophocles, Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Hippocrates, Demosthenes, Thales, Thucydides, and Archimedes were just some famous Greeks. Because of the ancient Greeks we have many different philosophies including: Stoicism, Eupicurism, Skepticism, and Sophism. Plays, history, geometry, medicine, pi, and the basics of physics are attributed to the Athenians. The Spartans contributed gave us many immaterial contributions. The biggest contribution is how their whole lives were devoted to the state. This just had not been done before. The Spartans influenced many totalitarian regimes in the past century.

The Athenians and Spartans had no idea of how much they would influence modern man. The society that gave more was most certainly the Athenians. While the Spartans did have an interesting system, they really did not leave too much to be studied. Great Athenian buildings are still standing today, while there is just not too much left of Sparta. Also, since the military was first and foremost in the Spartans mind, there was not too much time for culture. Laws against becoming anything but a solider also contributed to Sparta’s lack of contributions. Athenian society was much more advanced culturally, due to a more open society and government. Athens also had more diverse ideas because of its huge amount of trade that put it in contact with other civilizations. Many of today’s countries also borrow ideas from the Athenian style of government; Democracy was invented in Greece, and is constantly being improved upon.

The two city-states of Athens and Sparta were two very unique cultures, and they both played a large role in history. Many of the reasons why society is how it is today can be traced back to the Greeks. The bigger of the two players was Athens though, but Sparta still gave us a lot.
**********************************************.....SPARTA DIDN'T FAIL...............
The contributions they made just weren't as cultural or artistic as the athenians. They were more interested in laws and wars........
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........................MAPS.................
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%
20Pages/106B.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%20Pages/106D.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%20Pages/107.html
..........Best over all below..........
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/greece_rel_1984.gif
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....................Athens........................
http://www.emich.edu/abroad/staff/Benita/Athens.html
This should give you the information about Athens and her contributions.

Answer 2

Ancient Greece
www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/history.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks
www-personal.une.edu.au/~mdillon/greekhis/agass01.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek
ancienthistory.about.com
Athens
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/ATHENS.HTM
www.sikyon.com/Athens/athens_eg.html
Sparta
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/SPARTA.HTM
www.sikyon.com/Sparta/history_eg.html
Euclid
www.khsd.k12.ca.us/district/instruct/technology/workshops/euclid
Maps
www.ancient-greece.org

Answer 3

Euclid was the father of geometry. :)