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Thebes Birthplace of Hercules

Thebes Birthplace of Hercules. 3000 BCE – 338 BCE By Harry Green. Location. Climate Hot and dry summers Not much rain. Geography On a plain 215 meters above sea level Acropilis. Food. Farmed Olives Grapes Fish. Traded for Cheese Pork

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Thebes Birthplace of Hercules

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  1. Thebes Birthplace of Hercules 3000 BCE – 338 BCE By Harry Green

  2. Location • Climate Hot and dry summers Not much rain • Geography On a plain 215 meters above sea level Acropilis

  3. Food • Farmed Olives Grapes Fish • Traded for Cheese Pork Wheat Barley

  4. Government • Oligarchy Few leaders Rich people (Aristocrats) ruled Poor people didn’t have much say Switched to

  5. Religion • Beliefs May gods Titans Underworld • Effects Pottery Ceremonies Sacrifice animals Built temples

  6. Architecture • Temple of Apollo • Covered walkways or porticos • Theaters • Agoras • Clay, bricks, and stone

  7. Social structure Jobs Social classes Upper Middle Lower Slaves It varies from city state to city state but mostly women were not treated the same as men • Most jobs were similar to what we have now Some were Baker Priest Merchant Carpenter Men and women had different jobs

  8. Arts • Painted pictures • Made pottery • Sculpted sculptures • Built temples and other buildings

  9. Writing • Linear B • Wrote on tablets • Scribes wrote

  10. Technology and Legacy • Spears • Short swords • They were a ware like city that did very well • Was the birthplace of Hercules

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