Ancient Greece

I never thought that the Greeks wouldn’t eat much of a breakfast also i didn’t know that most of the food in Greece were imported from all around them. The foods they eat also don’t seem really different from what we would eat here. I knew very little about what they wore in Greece. I didn’t think that they wore modern clothes like us currently. There houses inside are partially the same way our houses would be like in the inside but, on the outside the houses aren’t much

The expanse of time that the term “Ancient Greece” defines is all the way from around 7,250 BCE when the first evidence of burial sites were discovered in Argolid, Greece, during the Mesolithic Period, to around the year 30 BCE when Cleopatra died in Alexandra, Egypt (1). That is the better part of 7,200 years. Trying to fit all of that information into five to seven pages would be nearly impossible. That is why I will be focusing on the Classical Era of Greece which spans from about 500 BCE to around 320 BCE. During this time in Greece there were many conflicts and wars, but there was also much growth in the cultural aspects of their society.

There are many contributions the ancient Greeks have made that the modern world is currently using. The Greeks were exceedingly influential towards various societies and social standards, as well as education. The ancient Greeks were an unusually superstitious civilization; they told stories and believed in different gods and monsters to explain or try to comprehend how the world works. They relied heavily on these myths until some began questioning these stories/beliefs, which is one of the reasons or causes in the development of philosophy, a main contribution the Greeks made. Besides philosophy, they also shaped democracy, science, and theatre, which are the most commonly used in our society today. Of course there are much more influences

They had a system of trade and a way to get food and shelter. The cities were well established and their government was simple. The Greek society was complex and planned accordingly to their way of life in the era. Athenians and Spartans have two different societies, but they are one within the same culture of Greeks. The differences between the ancient near east and the society of the Greeks was mainly the geographics, the culture along with historical differences. Each of these factors have commuted to the well being of each

The country of Greece not only lead the world in its development of architecture, but was a lead role in the trade industry. The country of Greece has led the world in many developing through its time and is utterly the staple of the word culture. Greek culture dates as far back to the stone age starting the earliest settlements in Greece date from the Paleolithic era, between 11,000-3,000 B.C. Excavations of the land around Greece have provided details about the early civilizations that have helped understand the past and the country's ability to continue to evolve and adapt through the centuries. The data and findings have shown that this country had many agricultural communities that were based around large masses of water and located on

It is a religiously centered civilization, and did have significant changes in the how it was incorporated into people’s daily lives. Their religion is can be described as something that can be personal and individual but is made to be public and communal, something to be joined in by all. Ancient Greece Religion is important to know about because through it we are able to understand how they lived their lives. Some aspects of the Greek religion may seem barbaric and ridiculous to the casual observer, but that is not really for us to judge. The importance of the ancient Greek religion lies not in their almost blind devotion to the gods, but in the major contribution to modern literature of the Greek mythology. These stories of gods and goddesses interacting with mortals are still familiar, and still enjoyed, by humans worldwide, thousands of years after they were written and told merely as simple tales to explain the unexplainable in

Ancient Greece has influenced us today in so many ways. The first Greek people were the Minoans. Their success was based on trade, instead of conquest. They set up trade outpost throughout the Aegean world. They got new ideas about fields such as writing and architecture from Egypt and Mesopotamia. They used these ideas and adapted them into their own culture. We learned a lot about the Greek’s from their frescoes, which are colorful paintings completed on wet plaster. They often depicted Minoan society, and they told us that they valued the sea and they worshipped a bull as well as a mother goddess. In about 1400 B.C., Minoan civilization disappeared, and the Mycenaeans replaced them.

To the Greeks, religion, was a major part of their private and public life every day. Greek religion was big on public rituals, community festivals, showed great community pride, and was big on their heritage. Their religion was more public than private. Their religion was divided up into two categories. The Olympian deities whom they felt dwelled in the skies or mountaintops. Olympian religion felt that the deities intercede in daily activities, and that

The ancient Greek was wealthy and poor. Everyone had his or her own responsibility in a family. Slaves that worked with riches were treated nicely, however, those who worked in mines were handled horribly. Greeks enjoyed eating plants and animals. On the other hand, peasants had limited food they could afford. In the ancient Greek the climate was usually warm, therefore most of the clothes were made for the summer. Fashion was necessary to the women as well as to the men. So, the Greeks lived in a rich and poor society and still were able to maintain their everyday life.

Ideas and concepts created during the Greek times have become the precursors for many things was call normal today, such as: democracy, philosophy, art, and literature. For starters the idea of democracy was made, known today as direct democracy, where citizens would directly vote on legislation and laws. Unfortunately the term citizen was limited to males who owned land, where not considered slaves, and born in the city. Thankfully those who couldn’t call themselves citizens did have some rights, made mostly to have a stable and nonviolent society. The Greeks also created plays that displayed drama and comedy, a first for history, in which a large audience could attend, including women and slaves. These plays are often studied and are still being shown

Ancient Greece was different from our economy in several ways. For example, slavery, agriculture, and weaving clothes are all tasks that we perform differently.

Greece was full of great battles, thriving, and strong warriors. Greece is responsible for our way of government, and still influences our everyday way of life. They came up with the alphabet, the numbers, and our way of science, slightly altered due to new technology, They even came up with philosophy. The greek timeline is full of surprises.

They always had festivals and national sporting and artistic competitions. Religion was never too far away from an ancient greek. Also the greek constructed their civility to surround the gods in one way or another. They called on the gods for different occasions,

The Greek religion had profoundly influenced on the religious beliefs of Etruscans and Romans. The beliefs of the average Greek might have been influenced both by traditional beliefs about the gods and ideas derived from the teachings of the philosophers. In addition, philosophers like Plato and Socrates addressed the subjects we often group under "religious" today, such as the meaning of life, the existence of an afterlife, the nature of the universe, and the nature of gods.2

Ancient Greece was somewhat like the United States today as it was comprised of many various cities. Some of these cities were much more important than others; also like the United States. Washington, D.C. is the single most important city within our country whereas Athens was, and still is, the most important city in Greece. As we may have a few similar things in common, ancient Greek life was also very different than the average day American’s.