I was wondering if someone could help me with some starting ideas for
this essay question. No complete answers as I want to be able to put
this in my own words. I just need some rough topics for me to be able
to expand on in my paper. To what extent were the political, economic,
social, literary,
religious, and artistic traditions of Greece similar to/different from
those of the civilizations of the Near East? What factors contributed
to and sustained the early classical period (c. 500-400 B.C.) in
Greece. Why do we refer to this period as the "Golden Age?" Do you
think that this is an appropriate label to describe this period? To
what extent was Hellenistic Greece really "Greek?" Give at least two
examples where archaeology has significantly revised our understanding
of historical events.

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Clarification of Question by runnershigh17-ga on 27 Feb 2005 12:55 PST

I was wondering if someone could help me with some starting ideas for
this essay question. No complete answers as I want to be able to put
this in my own words. I just need some rough topics for me to be able
to expand on in my paper. To what extent were the political, economic,
social, literary,
religious, and artistic traditions of Greece similar to/different from
those of the civilizations of the Near East?