The History Of Ancient Greece

When people wonder about Ancient Greece the first thing that comes to their minds is Greek mythology; gods and goddesses that have helped shape many historical events. “In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life.” (“Greek Mythology.”) The civilization showed that numerous characters and stories helped shape Greeks. The beliefs the Greeks had with mythologies was they understood the meaning behind all the characters that are known today. However, to the Greeks, they were not just characters, these were their gods and goddesses who gave them meaning and understanding of the world around them. Worshiping the gods and goddesses helped them with their religious rituals and the temperament of the weather. A famous wine-jar that was made during this time period was “Achilles killing the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, 540-530 BCE, black-figured amphora”. (Khan Academy) The civilization that they lived in grew around their worship and achievements.

Ancient Greek culture beliefs and social ideas have helped us with American Education because it influences us with what is going on today. Ancient Greek influence affected us today with democracy, Ancient Greek actually created the world’s first democracy. Ancient Greek have helped us along with Math, History, and Literature. As a matter of fact, Ancient Greek where the first to invent new things along the years. For example, Greek where the first civilization to use the alphabet. Greek have help us over million years.

Greece is located on the Southern part of Europe. Also, on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Greece dominates the Sea and the southern route to the Turkish Strait because of its location west of the Aegean Sea. Greece is mostly surrounded

The Greeks were polytheistic. That means believing in many gods/goddesses. The Ruler of the gods was Zeus, the King of the Heavens and the god of lighting. Then, there were his two brothers Poseidon and Hades. Poseidon is the god of the seas and Hades is the god of the Underworld. Hera is the goddess of marriage and she is also the Queen of the Heavens. Athena is the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Apollo is the god of the sun and the god of music. These are just five of the 12 Olympians (minus Hades, he wasn’t welcome in Olympus). There are many more gods and goddesses, these are just the most common of the hundreds of gods and goddesses.

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, historically also known as Hellas, is a country in southeastern Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2015. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki. Greece is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. Greece consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands, Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea

The participants was the city states. It was held every four years, in honor of Zeus. The prizes for winning were fame and glory. Now that was pretty cool, if you ask me. Today we have Olympic Games but it is a little different then there was. Today we get awards if we win the games. We have the games all around the world.

Mythology was very huge in Ancient Greece. There are so many different folktales and myths

Lastly, the most important areas of Greek achievement were math and science. They achieved all kinds of things in the areas of psychology, astronomy, geometry, biology, physics, and medicine. In astronomy they formulated the ideas that the sun was 300 times larger than the earth, the universe was composed of atoms, and they also calculated the true size of the earth. Someone that was greatly involved in astronomy was Aristotle. In geometry, ancient Greeks found the value of pi, and Euclid, who wrote the book Elements around 30 B.C., theorized that of two straight lines cut one another, the vertical, or opposite, angles shall be equal. In physics, the lever and pulley was invented along with a force pump which eventually evolved into a stream engine. Important people in this area were Archimedes and Pythagoras who were two of the many influential in the Greek citizens. Ancient Greece has definitely made many influential contributions to that of western civilizations.

Religion was a very important factor in Ancient Greek society. The city-states had the same religion. Zeus is the God of Gods according to their belief system. The ancient Greeks have a polytheistic religion with twelve main Gods. In Greek Mythology, people believe that the gods are a part of every aspect of life and they influence the events in life.

They also were a time of advancement with math and physics. Many inventors started their lives in Greece and then continued to benefit their home lives. Greek’s viewed their gods as beautiful, strong, mystical, beings who would grace their people with their presence during times of war or

In general, democracy rested on the belief that the cumulative political wisdom of the majority of the voters would outweigh the eccentricity and irresponsibility of the few. (Martin 113)In addition to democracy, the Greeks most important contribution to Western civilization, many elements of modern culture are rooted in ancient Greece. Philosophers, especially Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates impacted the way people thought about the world around them. Greek architecture is still commonly used today, as evidenced by our use of pillars and columns. The ancient Greeks also excelled in sculpting. They figured out how to make graceful, emotional, and realistic statues which needed no additional support. Poetry, theatre, and drama also made up an important part of Greek culture. Some Greeks studied science, math, history, and their studies form the basis of many of todays theories. Science helped others understand a little more of these subjects. In Greece, as in todays world, science was based on observation, not myth, even though myths were considered an important part of life to every Greek. The Greeks are also considered to be the first people who recorded history only after consulting witnesses, forming the base of modern history.

Considered by many as the cradle of Western civilization, Greece has a long and rich history, during which has widespread influence on three continents. In the Encyclopedia Britannica, we can read that Greece is a country located in the Southern Europe, southern Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Albania, Macedonia, Turkey and Bulgaria and also

In ancient Greece people believed there were twelve major Olympian gods and goddesses. Those gods and goddesses were Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite,

Every idea has a start and a history that can be traced back in time. An incredible amount of these ideas and thoughts were started by great ancient civilizations. These ancient civilizations are the base of all modern knowledge. No ancient civilization has contributed more to this base than the civilization of Ancient Greece. The unique ways of ancient Greek agriculture have left a profound influence on the agriculture of today.

Watermills, alarm clock, automatic doors, central heating, crane, maps, showers, vending machines, Olympics, fire extinguishers, odometers, chewing gum are some of the inventions created by the Ancient Greeks (Kolasa-Sikiaridi, 2016),