World History Homework Two Answers - Student 3

Aran M

1. Classical Greece began around 750 B.C. with the Olympic games and lasted until around 100 B.C., when it was invaded by the Romans.

2. The Dog and the Wolf

A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.

"Ah, Cousin," said the Dog."I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin of you. Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?"

"I would have no objection," said the Wolf, "if I could only get a place."

"I will easily arrange that for you," said the Dog; "come with me to my master and you shall share my work."

So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together. On the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the Dog's neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that had come about.

"Oh, it is nothing," said the Dog. "That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."

"Is that all?" said the Wolf. "Then good-bye to you, Master Dog." Better starve free than be a fat slave.

In this fable, the master represents the government, the dog represents somebody who fell for free handouts, while the wolf represents a free man. The dog is oblivious to the position he’s in and in good faith is inviting the wolf to join him. He is unintentionally dragging the wolf into slavery with him, by making it seem like a very easy way to live. Luckily, the wolf read signs (the dog’s worn-off hair) and walks away before he can be pulled into slavery. The moral of this story is that it is better to starve and be free, than be completely dependent on the government.

This fable also shows how stupid domesticated dogs are and how they should be replaced by wolves, because wolves are much smarter. On top of this, pigs are even more intelligent than wolves, so maybe people should have pet pigs. However, one cannot own wolves and pigs at the same time, as they do not get along, since wolves have a special fetish for bacon. Maybe the reason people have pet dogs is that they are stupid and they’ll do anything you want them to. But that’s just my radical conservative opinion.

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4. I think Greece majorly helped the spread of Christianity with their localization of the known world making it easier to contact one place from another. The Greek alphabet also helped the spread of Christianity as it was a language mostly known throughout the world (after Alexander the great) and it could express unseen terms. The great boost in knowledge turn the Greek era also helped the spread of Christianity as people could now easier understand its teachings.

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8. The Greek democracy would only work for a smaller scale city state and not for large country. To get every citizen’s the position on a topic would be impractical for a large civilization. For large country a republic (as in Rome) is much more practical, as only the elected few’s positions must be heard.