ANCIENT GREECE

THE LOCATION OF ANCIENT GREECE

• It is located in Europe
• Surrounded by the Mediterranean sea
• It is a peninsula

THE GOVERNMENT OF ANCIENT GREECE

• The greeks had a direct democracracy.
• A direct demomcracy is when each citizen has a vote in creating the rules.

Ancient Greece Architecture

The Greeks used columns and they made the Parthenon. They also advanced math and science.

• The greeks invented the column and they made
• The parthanon.
• They made math ,science .

THE ANCIENT GREEK GODS AND GODESES

• That the greeks believed in gods and goddesses
• Some gods and godesses names were Zeus, Poseidon ,Hades ,Hera, and Hestia.

People believed that when the gods were happy, they sent good fortune. They enjoyed music, poetry, drama and athletic games and festivals.

s were happy.

CITY- STATES

• There are two major city-states.
• They are called Sparta and Athens.
• Sparta is focused on war. Athens is focused on reading,
• writing and poetry.

Ancient Greece columns

The columns are the things that are holding up buildings like the Parthenon. There are three kinds of columns called the Doric, ionic and the Corinthian.

Ancient Greece sculptures

Ancient Greece had many sculptures mostly of the Olympics and gods and goddesses.

Paintings and Pottery
Were important contributions from Ancient Greece.