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Classical Greece. Greece had little good farmland. Life in ancient Greece center around the Aegean Sea. Greeks became sailors and traders. Greeks brought grapes, wine, olives, wool and pottery. Greeks traded for meat, lumber and vegetables. Greeks set up colonies around the Aegean world.
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Children were raised to be strong and useful to the city-state.
People were able to talk about the government because Athens was a democracy. http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/ddunits/units/ls1fq3acts.htm
Socrates was famous for asking questions about almost everything.
Chapter 8 Summary. Classical Greece. • Greek civilization was very different from the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Life in ancient Greece centered around the Aegean Sea. The Greeks established colonies and built city-states throughout the Aegean. Their democratic form of government was the model for our won government.