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• Mainland Greece is very mountainous land and is
almost completely covered by the Mediterranean
Sea.
• The weather in Ancient Greece consisted of mild
winters and hot summers.
• It was hard to grow crops but the location was
good for trading because the land was surrounded
by the Mediterranean Sea.
• Ancient Greek cities are known for creating
settlements overseas that were called colonies.
• Greeks also made a living by trading their
specialties to other countries for food and other
resources.
• In Ancient Greece, Greeks traded with many
countries because the Mediterranean Sea made it
easy for transportation.
• The Olympics originated in Greece during the 7th
Century BC.
• Women in Ancient Greece were not allowed to
attend the Olympics.
• Today there are many sports played in the
Olympics but in Ancient Greece, the games played
were mainly consisting of Marathon running and
Pancracium (a mix of boxing and wrestling).
• The legacy is still held today that every four years
the Olympics are held.
• Greek babies often wore nothing at all, but
sometimes, they wore cloth diapers. If it was cold,
of course, they would be more wrapped up.
• Children also often wore only cloth wrapped
around their middles like shorts.
• Greek men mostly wore a tunic, a sort of kneelength t-shirt made of wool or linen.
• Women also wore inner tunic but in addition they
also wore an outer cloak.
• Often, as in this statuette, men and women wore
their clothing only over one shoulder.
• The Greeks believed in many gods which is also
called polytheism.
• Believing in many gods at that time was a very
popular religion at that time.
• Some of the famous Greek gods were Zeus,
Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hermes, Ares, and
Hades.
• The Late Bronze Age, between about 2000 and
1200 BC, all Greek city-states were ruled by kings
like Agamemnon and Theseus.
• After the Dark Age, only a few Greek city-states
still had kings.
• Sparta is the most famous of these, though
actually Sparta had two kings, usually brothers or
cousins, at the same time.
• The change from monarchy to democracy in
Athens was a slow process.
• In 1066 B.C. the last king of Athens was replaced
by an archon.
• The position of archon was nearly identical at first
to a king.
• They ruled for life and had to be from a royal
family.
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