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Greek Gateway - Toronto Businesses, Events, Media, Music, Mingle & More - 0 views

  • The materials mostly used by Greeks when it came to constructing their structures primarily consisted of wood, unbaked bricks, limestone and marble, and terracotta and metals. Today, these supplies are still used by contractors who build edifices, whether they are structures signifying religion, politics, or recreation
  • , three major systems have withstood the test of time and are today still used. These include the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • Doric style of architecture. This style is arguably th
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  • most famous Greek system used around the world today.
  • vertical columns and a plain roof
  • you will find when visiting the Parthenon and Acropolis
  • used historically by colonies of southern Italy and Sicily
  • Ionic order. This style is described as more delicate, intricate, and elegant
  • originated in eastern Greece
  • become dominant during the Hellenistic period.
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Slavery in Ancient Sparta | Rita Bay's Blog - 0 views

  • Spartans made the helots drunk to show  the young Spartans the problem with drinking in excess.
  • In wartime, they acted as servants to the warriors or served as light infantrymen
  • . It is true however that Spartans did at times kill slaves (although this was a practice done at graduation from the agoge) and it was one on one, in which if the helot killed the spartan he would become a free man (in which he would be ‘adopted’ by the city
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  • , all slaves were owned by the state. The helots (as the Spartan slaves were known)
  • Helots formed the basis of the Spartan economy and were essential to food
  • , they were treated like animals. Helots were bound to the land, unable to leave.
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The Development of Athenian Democracy - 0 views

  • Isagoras, using the example of recent history, called on the Spartan king Cleomenes
  • So, where formerly an Athenian man would have identified himself as “Demochares, son of Demosthenes
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History: Ancient Greece for Kids - 1 views

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    periods of greece
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I need 10 amazing/interesting facts on Ancient Greece or Roman Rulers? - 1 views

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      ten ancient greece facts
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