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Ancient Greece - Term Papers

Ancient Greece

is a peninsula located off the Mediterranean Sea, and is
surrounded by several islands.
was made up of different types of government. There were
two types of city states an oligarchy , which is ruled by a small group of
citizens and a direct democracy ruled by the people . All citizens could make
speeches and vote at the Assembly. The Council made up of 500 citizens made new
laws which were debated in the Assembly . Only citizens could vote ,women ,
foreigners, slaves did not have the right to vote

Religion and myths were very important in Greek citizens lives . They used
Gods and Goddess to explain things which happened in science and everyday life .
They built temples to honor ...

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world and afterlife , and
Poseidon, ruler of the seas . All of the gods and goddess lived at Mount
Olympus the highest mountain in Greece .

The Greeks had many occupations , traders , merchants , architects ,
philosophers, dramatists , sculptors , doctors , poets , astronomers and ,
physicists however ; each citizen protected the city state . Every citizen had a
duty to defend the state as a hoplite, which is a heavily equipped warrior .They
operated in a large rectangular formation of thousands of men all equal in rank .

The Greeks influenced the way we live today .The educated Greeks wanted
explanations for the world and things around them . they made observations and
came up with theories . These people were known as philosophers which means “the
love of wisdom ” Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle were famous philosophers .

Hippocrates is known as the father of medicines today doctors take the
Hippocratic Oath , ”named after him , which requires them to act ethically ...

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Added: 3/24/2007 02:31:18 PM
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