 They had government because from B.C.E. Greek city-states, were ruled by a monarchy.  In 500 B.C.E. the Greeks invented the system of government known as a democracy.

 Greeks believed that all of their gods or goddesses had human traits, but never aged or died.  The Greek’s gods each had a power over a particular part of life and nature.

 For a period of time Greek city-states were ruled by wealthy men called oligarchs.  In Athenian culture, women could inherit little property and had little say, however in Sparta, women could own property, and could speak their opinion.

 The winner of an athletic game would’ve been awarded a piece of painted pottery.  This picture depicts a woman playing the flute painted on pottery.

 Athenian boys went to school and learned reading, writing, and arithmetic from ages  Books were rare and expensive in Ancient Greece but they were still in existence.

 They developed different kinds of architecture with three kinds of supporting columns.  The idea of medicine and the treatment of sick people was developed by a man named Hippocrates.

 A key crop in ancient Greece was the olive.  In Agora, people shopped in the market for food and household goods.

 Prior to Alexander the Great, Greek city-states had existed in ancient Greece for nearly 2000 years, and Alexander united them and overtook other lands.

 Alexander the Great conquered large quantities of land under the leadership of Alexander,lands from Greece, to Persia, to Egypt, the Middle East, and even as far as India.

 In about 500 B.C.E. the ancient Greeks developed the system of government known as a democracy.

The Athenians colonized many lands around the Mediterranean Sea and imported many goods such as food because they had little farmland.

 Alexander the Great loved Greek culture and religion, but he also allowed, and respected the religions of the land he conquered. He made the Greeks worship him as the son of Zeus

 Alexander the Great’s empire crumbled soon after his death in 323 B.C.E. when he was 33 years old. But he had succeeded in spreading Greek culture throughout the world.

 Civilization – Ancient Greece had evidence of all seven characteristics of a civilization, government, religion, social structure, art, written language, technology, and stable food supply.  Empire – Ancient Greece also had an Empire at one time, because it didn’t start from scratch, had a strong leader and army, bureaucracies, extensive trade, established religion with others allowed, and a decline.  So ancient Greece was a civilization and empire.