Ancient+Greece



//**Olympia**//

- women not allowed in city during Olympic games - 5 events in the pentathalon - Sanctuary of Zeus - King of Gods - winner gets wreath of olive branches instead of medals - hoplite races

//**Sparta**// - warrior = hoplite - women didn't go to war, couldn't vote (only men could vote) - women can own land - olives for gods - phalanx - wall of shields - warrior holds shield on left

//**Athens**// - only men were allowed to act in plays - festival every year to honour Dionysus - play for festival - Socrates lived in Athens - philosopher - men wore masks in the plays

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1. Athens was the first democracy: people voted on everything. Every man had a say. In Canada today, people vote for someone to make decisions for us. Most of Greece was a monarchy.

2. Communities often developed independently. They were diverse, but as a result, they fought each other a lot.

3. Alexander the Great spread Greek technology throughout his empire.

4.Sandwiched between the ocean and sea : awesome navy for trading and fighting.

5. Monarchy: ruled by a king or queen.

6. Oligarchy: ruled by a few people.

-first olympic games -first democracy -birthplace of western civilization -isolated -own system of government, military in each states -religion taught through myths -gods and goddesses from Mount Olympus - immortal - governed regions, weather, etc. -oracles (prophets/psychics) spoke to the gods and saw into the future -believed they needed to keep the gods happy - temples build to please them. -Panathenia - festival to honour Athena's birthday - newly woven gowns made for her -democracy - government by the people -greatest scholars in history -Olympia - built for Zeus -Hera - mother of the gods - Zeus' wife - Olympic games happened every four yrs., lasted a month -women not allowed to enter games -winners were crowned with wreaths made from branches of Zeus' olive trees - great honour -Dionysus - god of wine and pleasure - plays of myths - actors were men who wore masks with strange, exaggerated faces - 220 BC - Romans conquered Greece, brought Greek ideas to the New World

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