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is a peninsula located off the Mediterranean Sea, and is
surrounded by several islands.
was made up of different types of government. There were
two types of city states an oligarchy , which is ruled 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 right to vote
Religion and myths were very important in Greek citizens lives . They used
Gods and Goddess to explain things which happened in science and everyday life .
They built temples to honor their Gods and Goddess and held the Olympics in
honor of the king of the gods 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 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 , music and ,
prophecy , Hades brother of Zeus and king of the under world and afterlife , and
Poseidon, ruler of the seas . All of the gods and goddess lived at Mount
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 protected the city state . Every citizen had a
duty to defend the state as a hoplite, which is a heavily equipped warrior .They
operated in a large rectangular formation of thousands of men all equal in rank .
The Greeks influenced the way we live today .The educated Greeks wanted
explanations for the world and things around them . they made observations and
came up with theories . These people were known as philosophers which means 'the
love of wisdom ' Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle were famous philosophers .
Hippocrates is known as the father of medicines today doctors take the
Hippocratic ...
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