Greece+5

taken by: Jesus and Danny


 * Geography:**Greece is located in the southern of Europe. Greece is surrounded on the north by Bulgaria. 80% of Greece is mountains.Greece is one of the oldest civilizations, dating back over 5000 years.Major cities and population: Athens, Patra, Piraeus, Larisa and Salonica.

The government started by people ruling them selves.Only men who were born in Athens were allowed to vote. They did this at public assemblies where upper class citizens discussed laws that might benefit Athens.In 510 BC, the city-state of athens created the first democratic government, and soon other Greek city-states imitated them.The End of Athens ended in the middle of 330s BC. Athens were conquered by the Macedonians.
 * Government:**The Greeks had a lot of different kinds of governments because there were many different city states in ancient Greece.Only men who were born in Athens were allowed to vote. They did this at public assemblies where upper class citizens discussed laws that might benefit Athens.The End of Athens ended in the middle of 330s BC. Athens were conquered by the Macedonians.Around 500 B.C.Athens became the democracy.Tyranny came and Peisistratus overthrew the oligarchy in 546 b.c. Athens became Tyrrany.Then oligarchy came and then Early athens was governed by a small group of powerful aristrocrats.


 * Economic:**the Greeks did not have the same idea of an economy that we have the word economy is Greek but to the Greeks it meant something like rules.Beginning around 600 BC each Greek city state made its own kinds of coins.The economy of ancient Greece was characterized by the extreme importance of importing good all the more so because of the relative poverty of Greece soil.


 * Religious:**The Greeks believed in an underworld where the spirits of the dead went to after their death.Religion was important to the ancient Greeks because they believed that it would make their lives better while they were living They also believed the gods would take care of them when they died.The ancient Greeks were polytheistic they believed in many different gods and goddesses. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses controlled everything.Mythology is mainly bady of myths and legends.


 * Social Structures:**Greece in the Archaic Period was made up from independent states, called Polis, or city state.Greek Society was mainly broken up between Free people and Slaves, who were owned by the free people. Slaves were used as servants and labourers, without any legal rights. Sometimes the slaves were prisoners of war or bought from foreign slave traders. Although many slaves lived closely with their owners, few were skilled craftsmen and even fewer were paid.As Athenian society evolved, free men were divided between Citizens and Metics. A citizen was born with Athenian parents and were the most powerful group, that could take part in the government of the Polis.