ancient Greece civilisation

1. Shadreck Felani

2. Ancient Greece; empire or
civilisation?
 Historians refer to Ancient Greece as a civilization.
 ancient Greek civilization has been immensely
influential on language, literature, educational
systems, philosophy, art and architecture, politics,
theatre, drama, science, medicine, and
mathematics.
 the Greek culture is believed to have greatly
influenced western culture
 Ancient Greece was never an empire.
 Ancient Greece remained a group of independent
city-states with a common culture until about 250
years ago when it became a country

3. Reasons why the Greeks never formed an
empire
 they migrated at different times and settled
in different places
 Their leaders were politically cooperative
and wanted each leader to have full
control of their area
 the topography of Greece naturally
separated the city states
 trade was easy without forming an empire
 they usually fought over leadership and
trade places

4. The end