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Ancient Greece
Written and Illustrated by Phillip Martin
Ancient Greece
Greek civilization started about 4000 years ago
on the island of Crete.
Ancient Greece
Greece was not
one country. It
split into city
states, each with
its own kind of
government.
The two most
important were
Athens and Sparta
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Sparta and Athens
couldn’t have been
more different.
While democracy
and philosophy
flourished in Athens,
the Spartans
prepared for war.
They were Greece’s
best warriors.
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Today you cannot visit
ancient Sparta and see
a great city as you can
with Athens.
Spartans didn’t build a
great city. They
prepared for war.
They didn’t even grow
crops because slaves
did that for them.
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The Greeks fought
among themselves a
lot, but they united
when they faced a
common enemy. That
enemy was frequently
Persia.
There was one other
event that united the
Greeks, for a while.
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The Olympic Games
began in Greece to
honor Zeus in 776
BC.
If city-states were at
war, they declared a
truce so athletes
could be able to
participate in the
games at Olympia.
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The Greeks gave
us democracy, the
theater, philosophy,
mathematics, art,
trial by jury,
architecture and
even the yo-yo.
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Their first two letters, alpha and beta, are used
to create the English word alphabet.
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Greek architecture was based on mathematical
principles. There were three styles of columns.
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
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One of the
most famous
buildings is
the Parthenon
on top of the
Acropolis.
It was built by the people of Athens to honor the
goddess Athena, the patron of the city.
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The Greeks had many gods and goddesses.
There were hundreds of them! To learn about
some of the main gods, visit this presentation
on the Gods of Ancient Greece.
For more Presentations
check out these links on
phillipmartin.info and
pppst.com.
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Presentations, check out
Phillip Martin Clip Art.