Ancient+Greece

Activity 1: Sparta: 8/8 Athens8/8 Mount olympus8/8

Activity 2: Birth Place of Western Civilization Ø Greece was noticed the “Birth Place of Western Civilization” because its people created the world first democratic government. Ø The civilization of Ancient Greece developed in north eastern region of Mediterranean Sea. Ø People from different part of Greece were isolated in one another. City States Ø A Greek city states was nothing more than a tiny country. Ø Greek city is made up of singles city and the lands and villages that surrounded it. Ø Each city states were unique. Each has each own system of government. Religion Ø The lives of ancient Greece were strongly in food by their religion. Ø The Greek religion was very well organized, and yet it wasn’t based on the secret book of teaching such as the “Bible” and the “Corinth’s”. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Religion was thought mainly through folk tales called “MYTHS”. <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Democracy Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Democracy is a Greek word that means “Government by the people”. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">In Athens the first democracy was established. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Pericles founder of democracy in Athens. <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Olympic Games Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The first Olympic Games took place in Ancient Olympia in the year 776 B.C.   Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Olympic Games were held, every 4 years at midsummer. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The winter of ancient Olympic were crowned with wreaths made from the branches of Zeus’s sacred olives trees. <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Theatre Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">In the center of the theatre should small round altar of Dionysus. (God of wine and pleasure ) Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The ancient Greece loved to watched they long placed that were performed at the circular area at the food of the grandstands they called “ORCHESTRA”. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The ancient Greece actors had strange exaggerated expression. <span style="font-family: 'Centaur','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Activity 3

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