Ancient Greece had a mountainous geography and hot, dry summers which made it suitable for farming olives and grapes. The Greeks were polytheistic and believed in gods like Zeus, Hera, Athena and Apollo. City-states like Athens and Sparta differed in their governments, economies, and the rights of men and women. Sparta focused on its military while Athens emphasized democracy, trade and education.

1. Ancient Greece By Laura Blomberg

3. They had a lot of islands and peninsulas

5. Summers were hot and dry and winters were rainy

6. The good weather was very good for farming

7. They would grow grapes, olives and (barely grow grains)

8. The weather was also perfect for grazing animals

9. They would graze animals like mountain goats since they had a lot of mountains and sheep

10. They also had rich soil

11. They got olive trees from Athena and since she gave them such a wonderful thing they named there city after her

13. They also believed that if you thought you better or didn’t worship the gods that they would punish you.

14. Zeus-King of the gods, he could control the weather

15. Hera-She’s queen of the gods, goddess of weddings and marriage

16. Athena-Goddess of war and cunning wisdom

17. Apollo-God of the sun, truth, music, poetry, dance and healing

18. Demeter-Goddess of fertility and agriculture

19. Poseidon-God of the sea and horses

20. Aphrodite-Goddess of love and beauty

21. Hermes-God of travel, business, weights and measures and sports

22. Artemis-Goddess of hunting, archery and childbirth and wild animals

23. Ares-God of war

24. Hephaestus-God of fire, volcanoes, blacksmiths and craft workers

26. Men played games like wrestling, all out wrestling, Sprits, long races, short races and etc.

27. They also had the Olympics, the Olympics would be men only and men would do the Olympics with no cloths on so no woman would sneak in and pretend to be a man

28. The Olympics would be dedicated to Zeus

29. The woman had the Heria games, of course only woman would only be allowed to do these

30. The Heria games would be dedicated to Heria

32. In the city they would have a Agora, Acropolis and hillside

33. The Acropolis is where a temple to the gods would be there would be more then one temple for example one temple might be for Zeus and the other to Poseidon

34. On the Hillside they would carve a theater. The seats would all surround the platform (or stage) also they would have grazing land on the hillside and maybe a outdoor school

36. Boys would start military camp by the age 7

37. They had a very strong army and also a very strict one

38. they had a rivalry with Athens

39. They were on the peninsula Peloponnesus

40. there principle gods were Ares and Artemis

41. There entertainment was sports that were violent like wrestling all out wrestling and boxing

42. their economy was based on conquering and taking

43. A mans daily life was to Fight in the war

45. They are located on the peninsula of Attica

46. The boys went to school unlike in Sparta

47. There economy based on Trading and farming

48. For there Entertainment they would play sports like racing and sprits, they would have theaters also

49. There principle god is Athena who Athens was also named after

50. there values were education (wisdom) and skill

52. Spartan woman were allowed to go in to town there husbands couldn’t because they would be at war but in Athens the husbands did everything shopped, went to plays and etc.

54. Men in Athens would live life like a woman

55. In Athens men would shop, go to the theater, be actors and etc. while men in Sparta would be at war

56. Since Spartan men would be at war their wives would watch the house and do everything a Athens man would do

57. In Sparta you would basically be in the army your whole life because that was Sparta's top priority