Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

        Ancient Greece is a peninsula located off the Mediterranean Sea, and is touch by several islands.                                                                                          

        Ancient Greece was made up of diverse types of government. There were two types of city states an oligarchy , which is govern by a small group of citizens and a direct democracy ruled by the people . All citizens could make speeches and vote at the Assembly. The Council made up of 500 citizens made new laws which were debated in the Assembly . Only citizens could vote ,women ,foreigners, slaves did not have the reclaim to vote

        

Religion and myths were very important in Greek citizens lives . They used Gods and Goddess to beg off things which happened in science and everyday life . They built temples to admire their Gods and Goddess and held the Olympics in honor of the king of the gods genus Zeus . The Parthenon was a temple built to honor the Goddess Athena . The people believed the Gods and Goddess would favor you if you gave them offerings such(prenominal) as gold ,silver ,and the fruit of the harvest .



A few of the Gods and Goddess were Zeus king of the gods ,Athena Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and the city , Apollo , god of the sun , light ,truth , medicine and , prophecy , Hades brother of Zeus and king of the below world and afterlife , and Poseidon, ruler of the seas . All of the gods and goddess lived at deal Olympus the highest mountain in Greece .

        The Greeks had many occupations , traders , merchants , architects , philosophers, dramatists , sculptors , doctors , poets , astronomers and , physicists however ; each citizen defend the city...

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