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Achintya K

Greece Geography - 1 views

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  • About 20% of Greece is made up of islands. Crete is a large island located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a popular tourist area for its beautiful mountains, coastline, and many ancient ruins.
    • JI-Yoon K
      JI-Yoon K on 16 Oct 12
       
      Greece is a beautiful place to visit!
  • Much of Greece is mountainous and rocky terrain, with the occasional plain.
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  • Pindus Mountains start in northern Greece and stretch south to the Gulf of Patra. In the southern part of Greece are the Peloponnesus Mountains.
  • people of Greece were one of the earliest civilizations
  • Greece is one of the oldest civilizations, dating back over 5000 years.
  • 10 million people.
    • Achintya K
      Achintya K on 29 Sep 15
       
      What is the most interesting key fact about Greece?
  • Most of the people in Greece live along the coast, or along rivers and harbors.
  • Athens.
  • Major cities
  • Athens, Patra, Piraeus, Larisa and Salonica.
    • Achintya K
      Achintya K on 29 Sep 15
       
      Figure out what are some historical highlights.
  • 51,000 square miles.
  • has many medieval churchs.
  • makes Greece a very popular tourist area.
  • well known for its sculptures, paintings, pottery, poetry and playwriting.
  • The land within Greece is not very productive for farming.
  • Greeks have struggled to build a strong economy.
  • standard of living in Greece is lower than other European countries.
  • Manufacturing
  • becoming one of the key industries.
  • Tourism
  • still has many ancient ruins, some over 4000 years old.
  • very important, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast.
  • farming includes wheat, fruits, vegetables, olives and grapes.
  • Some areas support goat and sheep ranching.
  • Fishing also continues to be an important industry.
  • Top of Page Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of European civilization, dating back over 5000 years.
  • date back over 4000 years,
  • caves showing signs of life over 10,000 years ago.
  • ancient greek people may have come from northern Africa.
  • Ancient Greece produced many philosophers and scholars, such as Socrates and Plato.
  • contributed significantly to our current culture.
  • first democratic government
  • created
  • scientific principles
  • created
    • Achintya K
      Achintya K on 29 Sep 15
       
      What are a few things about greece?
  • mathematics.
  • contributed to the artistic community with Homer
  • wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey,
  • artisans creating sculptures, paintings, pottery, poetry and playwriting.
  • Competitive sports were a major part of Greek life. The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in 776 BC.
  • did not have a strong, unified military force.
  • ancient Greeks
  • an easy target for other invading people.
  • ancient times, Greece was conquered by the Romans. Others controlled Greece at various times. In the 15th century, the Turks invaded Greece and ruled for about 400 years. The Greeks finally got their independence in the early 1800s.
  • discovered
  • Two thirds of the population lives in urban areas such as Athens.
  • Greek culture is still heavily influenced by its ancient history.
  • Most of Greece has a mild climate. Summers are warm and dry, particularly in the southern coastal areas. Rain is heavy during the winter months, with some mountain areas getting snow.
  • anonymous on 16 Oct 12
     
    i had no idea that 20 percent of greece is islands and is rockey with terrains
  • JI-Yoon K on 16 Oct 12
     
    I really want to go to Greece
Chandni B

Geography of Greece - Crystalinks - 0 views

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ancient greek greece Geography

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  • About 80% of Greece consists of mountains or hills, thus making Greece one of the most mountainous countries of Europe. Western Greece contains lakes and wetlands. Pindus, the central mountain range, has a maximum elevation of 2,636 m. The Pindus can be considered as a prolongation of the Dinaric Alps. The range continues by means of the Peloponnese, the islands of Kythera and Antikythera to find its final point in the island of Crete. (Actually the islands of the Aegean are peaks of underwater mountains that once consisted an extension of the mainland). The Central and Western Greece area contains high, steep peaks dissected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes, including the Meteora and the Vikos gorge the later being the second largest one on earth after the Grand Canyon in the US.
  • We begin to look at the geography of ancient Greece by examining how Greeks lived on their farms, why they traded, road systems, and the plant life that ancient Greece had. Geography has always had a great influence on Greece and its inhabitants. It is largely responsible for numerous continuities in its extensive history. While the mountains that split the Greek lands have contributed to localism they have been a major barrier to unity as a nation. The struggle of communication by land and the significant presence of the sea have made mariners out of Greeks for numerous generations. The natural resources ensure a steady flow of abundance and guarantee sustenance if governed wisely.
  • The Greeks had their private space that consisted of the agricultural fields in the territory of the polis and their houses compacted in settlements, whether in the central town of the city-state, in smaller towns, or villages. Ancient Greeks preferred to live in such compacted settlements, even when agriculture was their main source of support. Occasionally, there has been evidence of how agricultural land was organized by the residents of the settlements in rectangular and equal lots. The idea was that each family would farm a single plot of land. But, there was a tendency for farmland to become divided and for a landowner to own many plots of land scattered all over the community.
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  • In ancient Greece, many cities had land that was used for farming within the city, but most of the people lived in small towns and villages outside of the city.
  • Greece consists of a large mainland at the southern end of the Balkans; the Peloponnesus peninsula (separated from the mainland by the canal of the Isthmus of Corinth); and numerous islands (around 3,000), including Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Euboea and the Dodecanese and Cycladic groups of the Aegean Sea as well as the Ionian sea islands. Greece has more than 15,000 kilometres of coastline and a land boundary of 1,160 kilometres.
    • Chandni B
      Chandni B on 29 Sep 15
       
      Greece is very mountainous. Western Greece contains many lakes. Pindus is the main mountain range.
  • covered with vast and thick century old forests like the famous Dadia
  • Mount Olympus forms the highest point in Greece at 2,919 metres above sea level.
  • high range, the Rhodope, located in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
  • Plains are mainly found in Eastern Thessaly, Central Macedonia and Thrace.Greece's climate is divided into three well defined classes the Mediterranean, Alpine and Temperate, the first one features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Temperatures rarely reach extremes, although snowfalls do occur occasionally even in Athens, Cyclades or Crete during the winter.
  • Alpine is found primarily in Western Greece
  • temperate climate is found in Central and Eastern Macedonia as well as in Thrace at places like Komotini, Xanthi and northern Evros; with cold, damp winters and hot, dry summers.
  • About 50% of Greek land is covered by forests with a rich varied vegetation which spans from Alpine coniferous to mediterranean type vegetation.
  • Seals, sea turtles and other rare marine life live in the seas around Greece, while Greece's forests provide a home to Western Europe's last brown bears and lynx as well as other species like Wolf, Roe Deer, Wild Goat, Fox and Wild Boar among others.
  • According to this information, there would have been many villages, hamlets, single farms, and occasional small towns scattered over the land; as can still be seen in Crete.
  • The land was organized for mules and donkeys with built mule-tracks reaching every settlement.
  • Ancient Greeks became a sea-going people due to the close proximity of the sea to most Greek city-states. These merchants and traders developed a sense of freedom and independence not seen before.
  • mrs. b. on 10 Oct 13
     
    What was the geography of Greece like? How did they farm?
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  • mrs. b. on 10 Oct 13
     
    What was the geography of Greece like? How did they farm?
  • mrs. b. on 10 Oct 13
     
    What was the geography of Greece like? How did they farm?
  • Eric G on 13 Oct 14
     
    This website talks about the geography of Greece
  • Abigail F on 29 Sep 15
     
    Describes Geek Geography.
Julia M

Geography of Greece and the islands - Greeka.com - 0 views

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Greece geography Islands

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  • It is a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans peninsula
  • largest coastline
  • Greece has a total of 2,000 Greek islands but only 168 are inhabited.
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  • Two thirds of the territory is covered with mountains.
  • The country is very rich in natural resources providing petroleum, magnetite, lignite, bauxite, hydropower and marble.
  • The highest mountain peak is at Mount Olympus
  • It is located in the southern part of Greece and actually looks like an island connected to the mainland with two bridges
  • In fact, the limestone and volcanoes of Greece have composited the Greek territory and allowed the formation of many caves and canyons.
  • Athens is the capital of Greece.
  • Attica is actually a peninsula surrounded by four high mountains that form a basin. In this basin, the city and suburbs of Athens have been constructed.
  • The Greece mainland consists of the following regions: Sterea (Central Greece), Peloponnese, Thessaly (eastcentral), Epirus (north west), Macedonia (north) and Thrace (north west). Also Greece consists of many islands and island complexes: Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Sporades, Saronic and Eastern Aegean islands.
  • Greece has a rich diversity in flora and fauna and many species are original in this country, which means that they are found only there in the world.
  • There are more than 2,000 large and smaller greek islands scattered both in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea.
  • The largest Greek island is Crete and the second largest is Evia.
  • Lesvos and Rhodes come next.
Nicole G

Ancient Greece - 0 views

www.ancient-greece.org

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    • Kalina P
      Kalina P on 01 Nov 11
       
      Very similar to the other greek site I found. This one has more cool photographs.
  • .   Art Photographs and essays about the beautiful world of ancient Greek art. Art collections incl
  • Greece.
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    • Nikita V
      Nikita V on 16 Oct 12
       
      Good page to find good culture
  • A brief history of Greece is compiled here, as well as articles regarding the history of major Eras, places, and monuments of Ancient Greece.
    • Esther M
      Esther M on 16 Oct 12
       
      a pot from ancient greece
    • Spencer H.
      Spencer H. on 16 Oct 12
       
      Seems like a good website, chocked full of info, and many topics
    • Nicole G
      Nicole G on 17 Oct 12
       
      It has map and will show you where it is. Also it has archaeological. 
    • Arthur H
      Arthur H on 16 Oct 12
       
        Good photo of ancient Greek architecture  I have always wanted to study ancient Greece.
  • The culture of ancient Greece has cast its influence on the western world for over two thousand years.
  • The culture of ancient Greece has cast its influence on the western world for over two thousand years.
  • A colection of excllusive maps, and plans of monuments and archaeological sites.
  • Essays and pictures of ancient Greek Architecture, from the neolithic to the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman periods.
    • Raya H
      Raya H on 17 Oct 12
       
      this shows a lot of important historical events
  • Photographs of ancient Greek Art and artifacts from major museums in Greece and around the world.
    • Thomas J
      Thomas J on 17 Oct 12
       
      This is a great sight to find archaeological artifacts. 
    • Olivia A
      Olivia A on 17 Oct 12
       
      This is an interesting fact about art.
  • Photographs and essays about the beautiful world of ancient Greek art.
  • Arthur H on 16 Oct 12
     
    Ancient Greece website. 
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  • Ryan H on 16 Oct 12
     
    Greece has influenced on the world for the past 2 millennium.
  • Melana Adunts on 16 Oct 12
     
    this is a very good website about ancient Greece this is one of my favorites.
  • Morgan T on 17 Oct 12
     
    The culture of ancient greece has affected the world fo thousands of years
  • Jack B on 17 Oct 12
     
    This is a great summary type website of greece.
  • Raya H on 17 Oct 12
     
    This shows all elements of greece.
  • Thomas J on 17 Oct 12
     
    Greek art and artifacts from ancient museums.
  • Olivia A on 17 Oct 12
     
    this is a good website
Olivia A

Ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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ancient greek HISTORY

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  • Ancient Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks.
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      Emily J on 16 Oct 12
       
      Explains when Ancient Greece was
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  • Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD).
    • Leah R
      Leah R on 17 Oct 12
       
      Wow!  I didn't know that Ancient Greece was along time ago.
  • Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD)
    • Olivia A
      Olivia A on 17 Oct 12
       
      Great topic sentence
  • Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD).
  • Matilda M on 16 Oct 12
     
    This is a page about ancient Greece.
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  • Melana Adunts on 16 Oct 12
     
    ancient greece website
  • Lilana Bosler on 17 Oct 12
     
    Ancient Greece belonged to a period of history that lasted from Archaic period to the end of antiquity
  • Olivia A on 17 Oct 12
     
    Very discriptive
Josh S.

Inventions, Achievements - Ancient Greece for Kids - 8 views

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ancient greece inventions

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  • Trial by Jury Greek Columns   Greek Architecture Fables and Legends Greek Myths Comedy, Tragedy, Satire, Theatre The Olympics Roots of Democracy  Ancient Greece Hall of Fame
    • nolan m
      nolan m on 15 Nov 11
       
      Click on these to learn more about whatever item they created/invented
  • arts, philosophy, science, math, literature, and politics. 
  • edy, Satire, Theatre
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  • Comedy, Tragedy, Satire, Theatre
  • colby w on 14 Nov 11
     
    A list of ancient greece inventions with links better describing them
  • nolan m on 15 Nov 11
     
    Check this out for facts of inventions of Ancient Greece
  • Lily S on 17 Oct 12
     
    Ancient Greek Theater
Aman B

Politics of Greece - 0 views

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greek history politics

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      Gabriela R on 17 Oct 12
       
      I found it interesting how voting is not enforced in Greece.
  • models
  • Voting in Greece is compulsory but is not enforced.
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  • The Greek governmental structure is similar to that found in many other Western democracies, and has been described as a compromise between the French and German
  • The politics of Greece takes place in a parliamentary representative democratic republic
  • Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government
  • the party system was dominated by the liberal-conservative New Democracy
  • Aman B on 17 Oct 12
     
    Greece politics
ben c

Geography of Ancient Greece - 1 views

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ancient greece

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      Sridhar U on 17 Oct 12
       
      has adds but if you read it it is nice'
  • mountainous, with many gulfs and bays
  • Forests
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  • Greece, a country in southeastern Europe whose peninsula extends from the Balkans into the Mediterranean Sea
  • stony and suitable only for pasturage
  • It is convenient to divide ancient Greece into 3 geographical regions (plus islands and colonies): (1) Northern Greece, (2) Central Greece and (3) The Peloponnese.
  • Northern Greece consists of Epirus and Thessaly, separated by the Pindus mountain range
    • ben c
      ben c on 17 Oct 12
       
      I never knew Greece is a peninsula.
  • Arin M. on 16 Oct 12
     
    Information on Greece
  • Aman B on 17 Oct 12
     
    A brief summary of geography about greece excluding the 3 regions
Marjorie Rotman

Ancient Greek History for Kids: Government - 3 views

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ancient greece government

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  • The Greek City-State Ancient Greece was made up of city-states. A city-state was a major city and the surrounding areas. Each city-state had its own rule and government. Sometimes the city-states fought each other. Athens and Sparta were the two largest city-states and they had many wars and battles. Types of Government There were three main types of government: Democracy - A government ruled by the people, or assembly. Officials and leaders were elected and all citizens had a say. Monarchy - A single ruler like a king. In Athens this ruler was called a Tyrant. Oligarchy - When the government is ruled by a small group. Over time some city-states, like Athens would change governments. Sometimes they were ruled by Tyrants and, at other times, they were a democracy.
  • Ancient Greece Government History >> Ancient Greece The Ancient Greeks may be most famous for their ideas and philosophies on government and politics. It was in Greece, and particularly Athens, that democracy was first conceived and used as a primary form of government. The Greek City-State
  • Ancient Greece was made up of city-states
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  • Each city-state had its own rule and government.
  • There were three main types of government:
  • Democracy
  • Monarch
  • Oligarchy
  • What this means is that all the citizens voted on all the
  • Democracy in Ancient Greece was very direct
  • aws. Rather than vote for representatives, like we do, each citizen was expected to vote for every law.
  • In order to vote, you had to be a citizen. However, not everyone who lived in Athens was a citizen. Only men who had completed their military training were counted as citize
  • here were three main bodies of the government: the Assembly, the Council of 500, and the Courts
  • The Assembly
  • The Council
  • The Courts h
  • koliver k on 10 Oct 13
     
    greek goverment 
  • Marjorie Rotman on 10 Oct 13
     
    ancient Greece government for kids--a great short summary of Greek government including a 10 question quiz
msanders m

Government - Ancient Greece for Kids - 0 views

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ancient Greece government

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  • or so they believed. But they were not the only city-states. Ther
  • or so they believed. But they were not the only city-states. The
  • Each city-state (polis) had its own personality, goals, laws and customs
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  • There were three main forms of government in ancient Greece:
  • Monarchy: Rule by a king. One city-state whose government was a monarchy was the city-state of Corinth.
  • Oligarchy: Rule by a small group. One city-state whose government was an oligarchy was the city-state of Sparta.
  • Democracy: Rule by the citizens, voting in an assembly. One city-state whose government experimented for about a hundred years with democracy was the ancient city-state of Athens. 
  • Athens and Sparta were the two most important city-states in ancient Greece
  • The ancient Greeks spoke the same language. They believed in the same gods. They shared a common heritage. They perceived themselves as Greeks.
  • The Greeks who lived in each city-state were proud of their hometown.
  • The ancient Greeks referred to themselves, however, as citizens of their hometown - their city-state.
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      zchylla z on 10 Oct 13
       
      A lot of highlighting lol!
    • glever g
      glever g on 10 Oct 13
       
      yep
    • msanders m
      msanders m on 29 Oct 13
       
      yep
  • . Ancient Greeks were very loyal to their city-state. 
  • The Greeks who lived in each city-state were proud of their hometown.
  • All Greeks, wherever they made their home, had things in common. 
    • kmiao k
      kmiao k on 10 Oct 13
       
      Ancient Greece government, city, states and citizen
  • Rule by a small group. One city-state whose government was an oligarchy was the city-state of Sparta.
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    greek goverment 
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  • glever g on 10 Oct 13
     
    A simple and informative website about greece
  • danovikov d on 10 Oct 13
     
    greek website
  • kmiao k on 10 Oct 13
     
    Ancient Greece Government
morgan m

Slavery in ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Slavery was common practice and an integral component of ancient Greece throughout its rich history, as it was in other societies of the time including ancient Israel and early Christian societies.[2][3][4] It is estimated that in Athens, the majority of citizens owned at least one slave. Most ancient writers considered slavery not only natural but necessary, but some isolated debate began to appear, notably in Socratic dialogues while the Stoics produced the first condemnation of slavery recorded in history.[4]
  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Funerary stele of Mnesarete; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress.[1] Attica, circa 380 BC. (Glyptothek, Munich, Germany) Slavery was common practice and an integral component of ancient Greece throughout its rich history, as it was in other societies of the time including ancient Israel and early Christian societies.[2][3][4] It is estimated that in Athens, the majority of citizens owned at least one slave. Most ancient writers considered slavery not only natural but necessary, but some isolated debate began to appear, notably in Socratic dialogues while the Stoics produced the first condemnation of slavery recorded in history.[4] In conformity with modern historiographical practice, this article will discuss only chattel (personal possession) slavery, as opposed to dependent groups such as the penestae of Thessaly or the Spartan helots, who were more like medieval serfs (an enhancement to real estate). The chattel slave is an individual deprived of liberty and forced to submit to an owner who may buy, sell, or lease him or her like any other chattel.
  • The study of slavery in ancient Greece poses a number of significant methodological problems. Documentation is disjointed and very fragmented, focusing on the city of Athens. No treatise is specifically devoted to the subject. Judicial pleadings of the 4th century BC were interested in slavery only as a source of revenue. Comedy and tragedy represented stereotypes. Iconography made no substantial differentiation between slave and craftsman.
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  •  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Funerary stele of Mnesarete ; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress. [1] Attica, circa 380 BC. (Glyptothek, Munich, Germany) Slavery was common practice and an integral component of ancient Greece throughout its rich history, as it was in other societies of the time including ancient Israel and early Christian societies.[2][3][4] It is estimated that in Athens, the majority of citizens owned at least one slave. Most ancient writers considered slavery not only natural but necessary, but some isolated debate began to appear, notably in Socratic dialogues while the Stoics produced the first condemnation of slavery recorded in history.[4] In conformity with modern historiographical practice, this article will discuss only chattel (personal possession) slavery, as opposed to dependent groups such as the penestae of Thessaly or the Spartan helots, who were more like medieval serfs (an enhancement to real estate). The chattel slave is an individual deprived of liberty and forced to submit to an owner who may buy, sell, or lease him or her like any other chattel.
  • Jump to: navigation , search Funerary stele of Mnesarete ; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress. [1] Attica , circa 380 BC. ( Glyptothek , Munich , Germany ) Slavery
  • colby w on 16 Nov 11
     
    Article on ancient greece and its a featured wiki page! (That means its reliable)
Dana G

Greece Country Profile - National Geographic Kids - 0 views

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greece country ancient greek Government

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  • Greece has the longest coastline in Europe and is the southernmost country in Europe.
  • mainland
  • rugged mountains, forests, and lakes,
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  • thousands of islands dotting the blue Aegean Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Ionian Sea
  • the mainland, the islands, and Peloponnese, the peninsula south of the mainland.
  • three geographical regions
  • prime minister has the most power
  • 3,600 feet
  • Mount Olympus
  • 9,570 feet
  • home of the gods.
  • Greece abolished their monarchy in 1975 and became a parliamentary republic
  • e Pindus mountain range on the mainland contains one of the world's deepest gorges
  • president and a prime minister
  • president selects cabinet ministers who run government departments
  • he parliament, called the Vouli, has only one house with 300 members who are elected every four years. Greece became part of the European Union in 1981.
  • The first great civilization in Greece was the Minoan culture on the island of Crete around 2000 B.C
  • Minoans were conquered by the Myceneans from the mainland in 1450 B.C.
  • city-states, which were ruled by noblemen
  • Athens became the most powerful, and in 508 B.C
  • Greece won independence in 1832.
  • The first Olympic Games were held in the southern city of Olympia in 700 B.C. to honor Zeus, the king of the gods.
  • banned by the Romans in A.D. 393, but began again in Athens in 1896.
  • reece was ruled by foreigners for over 2,000 years beginning with the Romans conquering the Greeks in the 2nd century.
  • new system of rule by the people called democracy
    • Dana G
      Dana G on 01 Oct 15
       
      This was cool!
Abigail F

Greece | TIME For Kids - 0 views

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facts about greece

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      Ilana F on 29 Sep 15
       
      The official language of Greece is Greek. 
  • one of the world's oldest and most glorious civilizations
  • 50,949 square miles
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  • Capital: Athens
  • more than 2,000 Greek islands
  • Temperate; hot, dry summers; mild, wet winters
  • The Euro
  • Wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes, beef, dairy  
    • Abigail F
      Abigail F on 29 Sep 15
       
      The size of Greece in its entireness, is about the size of one of the 50 states of the USA.
    • Abigail F
      Abigail F on 29 Sep 15
       
      The size of Greece in its entireness, is about the size of one of the 50 states of the USA.
  • Ilana F on 29 Sep 15
     
    Facts about Greece
  • Abigail F on 29 Sep 15
     
    Facts about Greece
Jacob L

Greece Geography - 0 views

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greece geography

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  • Located in the south of Europe, the Greek Peninsula is bound by the Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Aegean Sea. With a coastline of about 8500 miles, the country covers a land area of about 811080 square miles. The country ranges between latitudes 35°00'N and 42°00'N and between longitudes 19°00'E and 28°30'E.
  • There are over 2000 Greek islands in the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas but only about 170 are inhabited.
  • Over eighty percent of the country is mountainous.
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  • The highest peak, Mount Olympus (9,570 feet) is located to the north-east of the country.
  • Mainland Greece, the central and eastern Macedonian regions such as Thrace, Xanthi, and Evros, experiences a more temperate climate compared to the central mountains. The mountainous region of the central regions experiences an Alpine climate.
  • July is the hottest month in the country when temperatures average about 85°F. Winters are beautiful but could get chilly and white Christmas celebrations are frequent in low-lying parts of Greece.
  • Greece is not naturally rich in natural resources.
  • Greece is naturally exposed to severe earthquakes due to its location. The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth's Interior has designated the beautiful tourist destination of Santorini a "Decade Volcano". Santorini is known for its stunning natural beauty which has attracted human settlements through ages despite its historic involvement with volcanic activity.
  • drinking water obtained form the rivers and streams is a precious resource.
  • Jacob L on 30 Sep 15
     
    This is a nice brief site featuring landforms, climate, crops, and natural resources of Greece.
Lakala S

Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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    • Alex Orloff
      Alex Orloff on 02 Nov 11
       
      wow greece was the birthplace of democracy.
    • Jinle Z
      Jinle Z on 16 Oct 12
       
      Greece is called "the Hellenic Republic."
    • Dinah M.
      Dinah M. on 16 Oct 12
       
      Wow, I didn't know that Greece was the "cradle of Western civilization". I thought that was Rome! Good site.
    • Leah R
      Leah R on 16 Oct 12
       
      Greece is a parliamentary republic. I didn't know that before.
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  • Greece is a parliamentary republic
    • Lakala S
      Lakala S on 17 Oct 12
       
      Wow, that was a very interesting paragraph to read. I never really even thought about those things.
  • Esther M on 16 Oct 12
     
    a page on ancient greece
Shinjon C

Ancient Greece - Art and Architecture, Sculpture, Pottery and Greek Temples - 6 views

www.ancientgreece.com/Art

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    • Asha G
      Asha G on 16 Oct 12
       
      We use a lot of these architectural designs today.
    • Kyle W
      Kyle W on 17 Oct 12
       
      This is really detailed and i like this website
  • The Temple of Athena Nike - part of the Acropolis in the city of Athens. The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey (about 300 BC). The design of the temple was known as dipteral, a term that refers to the two sets of columns surrounding the interior section. These columns surrounded a small chamber that housed the statue of Apollo. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high, these ruins suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple.
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  • The Temple of Apollo at Didyma - The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey (about 300 BC). The design of the temple
  • was known as dipteral, a term that refers to the two sets of columns surrounding the interior section. These columns surrounded a small chamber that housed the statue of Apollo. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high, these ruins suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple.
    • Matilda M
      Matilda M on 17 Oct 12
       
      These are the three architectural systems- Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
    • Morgan T
      Morgan T on 17 Oct 12
       
      This website explains the architecture style of Ancient Greece
  • Architecture in ancient Greece: Greek life was dominated by religion and so it is not surprising that the temples of ancient Greece were the biggest and most beautiful
    • Morgan T
      Morgan T on 17 Oct 12
       
      Greek life dominated religion
  • Architecture in ancient Greece: Greek life was dominated by religion
  • They also had a political purpose as they were often built to celebrate civic power and pride, or offer thanksgiving to the patron deity of a city for success in war.
  • Acropolis in Greek means "The Sacred Rock, the high city". All around the world the Acropolis of Athens is known as 'The Acropolis'. There are many Acropolises in Greece but the Acropolis of Athens is the best known.
  • Morgan T on 17 Oct 12
     
    Greek life was dominated by religion
  • Mackenzie D on 14 Nov 12
     
    This website is good for enduring impacts of ancient Greece for architecture. 
  • Shinjon C on 29 Sep 15
     
    Greece Architecture
Andre Harris

Ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Ancient_Greece

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      Andre Harris on 17 Oct 12
       
      cool
  • The territory of Greece is mountainous, and as a result, ancient Greece consisted of many smaller regions each with its own dialect, cultural peculiarities, and identity. Regionalism and regional conflicts were a prominent feature of ancient Greece. Cities tended to be located in valleys between mountains, or on coastal plains, and dominated a certain area around them.
  • Thus, the major peculiarities of the ancient Greek political system were; firstly, its fragmentary nature, and that this does not particularly seem to have tribal origin; and secondly the particular focus on urban centres within otherwise tiny states. The peculiarities of the Greek system are further evidenced by the colonies that they set up throughout the Mediterranean Sea, which, though they might count a certain Greek polis as their 'mother' (and remain sympathetic to her), were completely independent of the founding city. Inevitably smaller poleis might be
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  • Ancient Greece consisted of several hundred more or less independent city-states (poleis). This was a situation unlike that in most other contemporary societies, which were either tribal, or kingdoms ruling over relatively large territories. Undoubtedly the geography of Greece—divided and sub-divided by hills, mountains and rivers—contributed to the fragmentary nature of ancient Greece. On the one hand, the ancient Greeks had no doubt that they were 'one people'; they had the same religion, same basic culture, and same language. Furthermore, the Greeks were very aware of their tribal origins; Herodotus was able to extensively categorise the city-states by tribe. Yet, although these higher-level relationships existed, they seem to have rarely had a major role in Greek politics.
    • Andre Harris
      Andre Harris on 17 Oct 12
       
      awesome 
James h

Geography of Greece - 0 views

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  • Greece is a country located in Southern Europe, on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece is surrounded on the north by Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Albania; to the west by the Ionian Sea; to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey.
  • 80% of Greece is mountainous, and the country is one of the most mountainous countries of Europe. The Pindus, a chain of mountains lies across the center of the country in a northwest-to-southeast direction, with a maximum elevation of 2637 m.
  • Extensions of the same mountain range stretch across the Peloponnese and underwater across the Aegean, forming many of the Aegean Islands including Crete, and joining with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey.
  • Eric G on 13 Oct 14
     
    This talks about the location and geography of Greece.
Makaila L

Economy of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The economy of Greece is the 45th largest in the world with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $238 billion per annum.
  • Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping. With 18 million international tourists in 2013, Greece was the 7th most visited country in the European Union and 16th in the world.
  • The Greek Merchant Navy is the largest in the world
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  • Greece was the 2nd largest foreign investor of capital in Albania, the 3rd in Bulgaria, in the top-three in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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Ancient Greece Inventions - 7 views

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  • Ancient Greece Inventions
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      megan s on 15 Nov 11
       
      Thanks to whoever highlighted this :)
  • It is thought that they were one of the first to use a Canon although it did not use gunpowder. By using compressed air, these canons were able to hurl a projectile over long distances.
  • One well-known ancient Greek invention is the Antikythera mechanism. Believe it or not, this was a type of calculator that is thought to have been invented some 2000 years ago. As a matter of fact, many people consider this to be the world's first computer,
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  • Another one of the ancient Greek inventions that is rather interesting is that of the shower. Although nothing was known about germs at that particular time, the Greeks thought that it was a healthful practice to wash the body with water. The fact that there were showers during this time period is recorded in various art murals that have been excavated
  • The ancient Grecian Empire was not only known for its unprecedented warfare, it was also known for some of the inventors and inventions that took place during that time. Most of these inventions occurred during the fifth century B.C. but that was really only the start of the ancient Greek inventions that we have a record of. Some of the most well-known of these ancient Greece inventions occurred even after the Roman Empire had come into power.
  • It would be easy to discuss many of the ancient Greeks inventions that took place which were associated with warfare. Almost everybody is aware of the fact that Alexander the Great and his conquests were some of the most renowned throughout all history. In just a short period of time, he and his army overtook most of the then known world and if his life would not have been cut short, he would have continued his conquests. There were, no doubt, many ancient Greek inventions which helped to make his conquests successful. The one invention that I will discuss, however, is the canon. It is thought that they were one of the first to use a Canon although it did not use gunpowder. By using compressed air, these canons were able to hurl a projectile over long distances.
  • The ancient Grecian Empire was not only known for its unprecedented warfare, it was also known for some of the inventors and inventions that took place during that time. Most of these inventions occurred during the fifth century B.C. but that was really only the start of the ancient Greek inventions that we have a record of. Some of the most well-known of these ancient Greece inventions occurred even after the Roman Empire had come into power.
  • It would be easy to discuss many of the ancient Greeks inventions that took place which were associated with warfare. Almost everybody is aware of the fact that Alexander the Great and his conquests were some of the most renowned throughout all history. In just a short period of time, he and his army overtook most of the then known world and if his life would not have been cut short, he would have continued his conquests. There were, no doubt, many ancient Greek inventions which helped to make his conquests successful. The one invention that I will discuss, however, is the canon.  It is thought that they were one of the first to use a Canon although it did not use gunpowder. By using compressed air, these canons were able to hurl a projectile over long distances.  One well-known ancient Greek invention is the Antikythera mechanism. Believe it or not, this was a type of calculator that is thought to have been invented some 2000 years ago. As a matter of fact, many people consider this to be the world's first computer, although it was nothing like the computers that we see today. Through the use of a complex system of gears, it was able to calculate the relative positions of the sun, moon and stars whenever a date was entered. This is one of the ancient Greeks inventions that was truly far ahead of its time. The ancient Greeks were also well known for their work that took place under water. Aristotle first described this type of contraption some 2400 years ago. It is thought that this is one of the ancient Greeks inventions that was used in order to salvage the floor of the ocean for various items. It is unknown what other applications this ancient Greek invention had but it was ingenious that they were able to come up with the concept.  Another one of the ancient Greek inventions that is rather interesting is that of the shower. Although nothing was known about germs at that particular time, the Greeks thought that it was a healthful practice to wash the body with water. The fact that there were showers during this time period is recorded in various art murals that have been excavated . It is hard to know what other ancient Greeks inventions were in existence during that time. One thing's for certain, they were a society that was rather enlightened and well ahead of their time. Perhaps with some more archaeology work on our part, we may be able to discover that they were behind some other ingenious ideas as well.
  • One well-known ancient Greek invention is the Antikythera mechanism. Believe it or not, this was a type of calculator that is thought to have been invented some 2000 years ago. As a matter of fact, many people consider this to be the world's first computer, although it was nothing like the computers that we see today. Through the use of a complex system of gears, it was able to calculate the relative positions of the sun, moon and stars whenever a date was entered. This is one of the ancient Greeks inventions that was truly far ahead of its time.
  • Another one of the ancient Greek inventions that is rather interesting is that of the shower. Although nothing was known about germs at that particular time, the Greeks thought that it was a healthful practice to wash the body with water. The fact that there were showers during this time period is recorded in various art murals that have been excavated.
  • ryan c on 04 Nov 11
     
    The invetions of ancient Greece
  • ed h on 15 Nov 11
     
    This website has many inventions for ancient greece
  • megan s on 15 Nov 11
     
    The invetions of ancient Greece
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