Greece

drank wine, they thought of the Greek god Dionysus as being a part of it. They also thought of the Greek goddess Persephone as being a part of their bread. As you can tell, there was a certain prominence to the food of the Greeks. Most people in Greece dined on bread and wine with olive oil. Cheese, lentils, chickpeas, cabbage, apples, figs, and almonds were also popular. The Greeks possibly ate more fish than most other Mediterranean people at the time. Meat was only eaten on holidays. For…

Ancient Greece thrived between 800 B.C. and 500 B.C. which occured many years before the classical age. Acorrding to the History Channel during the Greeks Dark Age people lived in small farming areas with no rule. The villages started to grow and out of the ashes…

Ancient Greece was an area a long time ago. The country was made of many city-states, and one of the most important was called Athens. Athens was a democracy, where normal citizens voted on the decisions about how the country was run. Although Athens was an important city-state, it wasn't the only. Athens and a state called Sparta had a war called the Peloponnesian War for 27 years. Sparta came out victorious, but weakened. All of the city-states shared a common religion. Everyone worshipped…

Introduction The Greeks are well-known for their gods, and the stories of Greek Mythology. This is no surprise given the great collection of mythic statues coming from ancient Greece. In addition to mythology, the Greek artists also took great inspiration from Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Studying the sculptures of Ancient Greece in chronological order allows one to see the series of historical influences on which each period based their works. The most common themes throughout ancient Greek…

98N, 23.72E), Ancient Greece was discovered by the Minoans. Minoans lived on a island of Crete which is the first civilization of Ancient Greece. Greece was covered in hills and mountains and had saltwater around it, there’s over 1,400 islands owned by Ancient Greece. The mountains made travelling extremely difficult and also affected the culture. The land wasn’t very arable. However, with the land they could farm in they grew grapes, olives, barley, and wheat. Ancient Greece was surrounded by…

Introduction Greece is located in Europe, and is mostly surrounded by water. The people of Greece believed in many Gods and Goddesses. The Greeks were polytheistic. Over time, different forms of governments came in and went out. Kings had complete political power. Political Power was controlled by small groups of wealthy people. Tyrants were cruel and unfair to the people they ruled. Democracy gave power to the people. Monarchy Kings had complete political power. “The people of these…

Monarchy: In ancient Greece, hereditary monarchy was rare. Where a polis had a king, they were usually what we would call a ‘constitutional’ monarchy. That is, some assembly shared the power with the king. Sparta was notable in that they had 2 kings. In this way, 1 king could lead the Spartan army off to war, while the other remained at home keeping the state functioning. When not at war, a bureaucracy consisting of ephors, gerousia, and the citizen assembly check the kings from getting out…

Olympia, is a special part of Greece that is the site for the ancient Greek gods. The main part of Olympia was dominated by the people of Zeus. The games are part of a tradition which aimed to have good relations with the gods by showing the cities of Greece and gods that the youth has physical qualities of a god and the performances accomplished by the youth. The Olympic Games were held every four years which gives the people plenty of time to train, which still is till this day at the ancient…

The importance of educating students about Ancient Greece lays in the Greek’s impacts on today’s world in terms of literary works, scientific and philosophical advancements, and political configuration. Though Ancient Greece has many long-lasting cultural effects on today’s education, the literary works that Greek philosophers and writers have created still teach children morals and are even used for other educational purposes. For example, Aesop’s “The Hare and the Tortoise” is a well-known…

At the same time as Rome and Greece another empire came into view, this empire was known as the Persian Empire. They wanted complete control of the land belonging to the Romans and the Greeks, who were not willing to give it up because they wanted to self rule. The Persians then attempted many different types of interactions with the Romans and the Greeks. Some ways they interacted with each other included: recruiting foot soldiers from Greece, waging war against Greece, creation of the Silk…