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Greece is one of the oldest civilizations, going back to over 5000 years ago. An amount of 51,000 square miles, cover Greece. The Greeks lived around water on rocky and mountain-like lands. Greece was a peninsula surrounded by three seas; Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Ionian Sea. Greece has more than 1,400 islands, which is a great amount.
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There were many different governments in because there were many different city-states in Ancient Greece. Each city-state had its own government. Aristotle (Aristotle was a young doctor who lived in northern Greece)divided Greek governments intofour different sections, monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies, and democracies. Monarchy is a form of government in which power is absolutely with a individual person. Oligarchy means the rule between a few people and those people are usually richer and powerful than others. Tyranny is the rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler. Democracy means the rule of the people, that is when every single person has a vote about what to do.
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 * Economy:** In Ancient Greece they would go to sea and trade with other countries. What they would trade is different kind of foods and products that you may need.

The Greek religion was mythology, mythology is stories about some heroes and gods that try to explain how the world works. Some of the myths that were told were real people that once lived while others are made up. Also not all Greek myths had to be about gods some were about the stories of important heroes. Greeks believed in many different kinds of gods and goddesses. Zues/Jupiter was the most powerful god of all, Hera/Juno was the wife of Zues, Poseidon/Neptune was the lord of the sea, and Zues brother, Hades/Pluto was another brother of Zues and also the lord of the underworld, Ares/Mars was Zues son, god of war, Hermes/Mercury was Zues son and messenger of the gods, Apollo was Zues son and god of the sun, light, and music, Artemis/Diana was goddess of hunt, Athena/Minerva was the goddess of wisdom,Hestia/Vesta was the goddess of hearth and home, Demeter/Ceres was the goddess of harvest and Greek's reason for seasons, Aphrodite/Venus was the goddess of love and beauty, Hephaestus/Vulcan was god of fire and forge, Heracles/Hercules was half man and half god and very strong, Eros/Cupid was the son of the goddess of love, who went around carrying a bow and arrow.
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