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Ancient Greece . By nic. Information and history. The Greeks were the first to have a democratic government. The Greeks invented the Olympics. The Greek alphabet.
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Ancient Greece By nic
Information and history • The Greeks were the first to have a democratic government. • The Greeks invented the Olympics.
The Greek alphabet • Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, lota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, omega.
Time Period • The earliest Greek civilizations thrived nearly 4,000 years ago. The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of history that lasted from 750 BC.
food All over Greece the people grew olives, grapes and figs. They kept goats for milk and cheese. In the plains where the soil was more rich, they also grow wheat to make bread.
Architecture • Their designs on vases of all sorts for all purposes reveals their love of the geometric and visually interesting.
Government • The Greeks were the first to have a democratic government.
The Greek gods and goddess • Zeus Pegasus Hera Kerberos • Poseidon Pandora Hades Orpheus • Ares • Hermes • Apollo Artemis • Athena • Hestia • Demeter • Aphrodite • Hephaestus • Heracles • Eros • Orpheus • Pandora • Pegasus • Kerberos
clothing • Men and women wore linen in the summer and wool in the winter. The ancient Greeks could buy cloth and clothes in the agora, the marketplace, but that was expensive.
hercules All the gods knew that Hercules was half man and half god. His mother was a mortal. But his father was a king the king of all the gods, the mighty Zeus. But Hercules did not know he was part god until he had grown into a man.