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Greek civilization
The document summarizes key aspects of ancient Greek civilization, including its location in southeastern Europe. It describes the history of Greece from the establishment of fortified cities around 2000 BC to Alexander the Great's conquests in 334 BC. It also outlines the economy based on agriculture of olives, grapes, and barley, the various forms of government including democracy and monarchy, architecture such as theaters and temples, polytheistic religion worshipping gods like Zeus and Athena, and lifestyle with men working and women caring for the home.
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- 1. Hadj Mohammed MokraniHigh-School Class:3 PHL2 Group:04 Theme: The Greek Civilization Directed by: Miss.Kourd El Oued .KH School year:2014/2015 Prepared by: Fekih Ines
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- 4. Introduction: One of themost famous, rich and unique civilizations the world had ever known is the : Ancient Greek civilization
- 5. Located in southeasternEurope, Greece is defined by a series of mountains and surrounded on all sides by water except the north. 1-Location :
- 6. 2- History : •Greek CIVILIZATION started ,the Greek people had built fortified cities in the major valleys around 2000 B.C. By 1600 B.C • the Greeks UNITED to defeat the invading Persians In 480 B.C • two city-states, ATHENS AND SPARTA are built. Around 477 B.C • Greece had its GOLDEN AGE in Athens. around 477 - 431 B.C • ALEXANDER THE GREAT, leader of the country of Macedonia to the north.In 334 B.C
- 7. Based on Agriculture:The most important crops were: olives, grapes, and barley. CROPS: The Greeks used OLIVES for eating and to make olive oil. GRAPES:to make wine. BARLEY: was used to make bread . LIVESTOCK: The ancient Greeks kept CHICKENS, PIGS, SHEEP, and GOATS (for milk and meat). Generally, they did not eat a lot of meat, but instead depended on FISH and Vegetables. 3- Economy :
- 8. 4- Government : TheGreeks had a lot of different kinds of governments, because there were many different city-states in ancient Greece. TYPES OF GOVERNMENT: Democracy (rule of the people) Monarchy (rule of a king) Oligarchy (rule of the few)
- 9. 5- Architecture : theGreeks created a wonderful and lasting legacy of architecture. Types of buildings: Besides just houses and marketplaces, Greek cities had many different types of specialized buildings. Theater of DionysiusParthenon Stoa of Eumenes
- 10. 6- Religion: The Greekswere POLYTHEISTIC and did not all worship the same gods. Some of the most famous gods were :Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena , Ares, and Hades.
- 11. 7- Lifestyle: MEN didmost of the hard works The WOMEN took care of THE HOUSEHOLD and CHILDREN , grow SMALL GARDENS around the house GREEK HOUSING: Citizens wanted to live within the CITY because it was the CENTER OF CIVIC LIFE GREEK CLOTHING: Greek clothing was very SIMPLE. Men and women wore LINEN IN THE SUMMER and WOOL IN THE WINTER. Clothes were MADE BY THE MOTHER, her daughters, and female slaves. the first OLYMPICS took place in 776 BC. They became a central aspect of Greek culture .
- 12. The Greeks werethe first Europeans to learn to write with an alphabet, and from them alphabetic writing spread to the rest of Europe. They adopted the alphabet of the Phoenician script. Greek Writing when paper was hard to get, they did actually use goat and sheep skins to write on.
- 13. Aristotle: Student of Plato andfather of the system called “logic” Plato: Student of Socrates and wrote down Socrates teachings in Dialogues. Socrates: Founded the Socratic method or questioning process. Greek Philosophy