OF ANCIENT

GREECE 
BY: CHARVIE, SAMAYA, DHEERA AND ZARA 
 RECAP  PPT 1
By:Paarth,Adheeraj,pavit AND AGASTAYA 

Geography: City – States: 

 Located on the Southern –  Some of the major City
Eastern coast along the State are: 
Mediterranean sea.  1. Athens 
 Full of mountains, these 2. Sparta
mountains protected Greece 3.Korinthos
from invaders.  4. Thira
5. Crete
6. Delos
7. Corinth
8. Thebes
City Planning:
  Had an outer wall that protected the city
from invaders. 
 Had 4 gates: North, South, East, West.   
 Majority of the people lived here. 
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GEOGRAPHY:
 Cross road of 3 continents:
1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
 More than 1400 islands.
 A peninsula.  for growing
CITY PLANNING
 Divided into 3 main parts:
1. Town-Fortified, people lived here.
2. Acropolis-Only in Athens, religious
precinct(located on a hill)
3. Agora-Gathering place, an open area.
AGRICULTURE:
 Farming was difficult due to
limited amount of good soil
and dry climate.
 Sparta had the most fertile soil
 Farmed a variety of crops like
barely, olives, grapes ext.
CITY-STATES:​
 Also known as 'Polis'​
 City's that had their own
king/head, government,
army ext.​
 Even islands were city – states​
 RECAP PPT 2 
BY: RIYA JAANYA AND GIA 
LANGUAGE AND WRITING
 Indo-European language CULTURE
 Wrote on sun dried clay tablets  Many contributions in -
• Philosophy
• Math
• Astrology
• Medicine
RELIGION  Literature and drama where very important
 Polytheistic  Produced great thinkers
 Respected many gods

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FUN FACT: 
There were 12 Olympians:   
Hera : queen of the gods 
Airtimes : goddess of maidens •LANGUAGE AND WRITING : 
and hunting . • THE ANCIENT GREEKS SPOKE GREEK IN 3 DIFFERENT WAYS
Athena :  goddess of wisdom CALLED AEOLIC, DORIC AND IONIC. 
and warfare • IONIC WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MOST AND ORIGINALLY USED.
Aphrodite : goddess of love THE 2 EPICS WERE ALSO WRITTEN IN IONIC. 
Demeter : goddess of crops  • UNLIKE MOST MODERN-DAY LANGUAGES, ANCIENT GREEK IS
Zues : King of gods  WRITTEN FROM RIGHT TO LEFT 
Posieden : God of the sea 
Hermes : God of thieves and
messengers  •RELIGION: 
Apollo : God of the sun and • THEY WORSHIPPED MANY GODS AND GODDESSES MOST
music  REPRESENTING A NATURAL FORM ( ZEUS , GOD OF THE SKIES
AND LIGHTNING, APOLLO GOD OF THE SUN AND MUSIC) 
Dionysus : god of wine
HephustuS : god of • THEY MADE LOADS OF TEMPLES, MOST ON TOP OF HILLS SO
THEY COULD BE SEEN FROM FAR AWAY. ( THE PANTHEON ,
blacksmiths  DEDICATED TO THE GODDESS ATHENA )
* there were no palaces in the
•CULTURE :  
dark ages . All the palaces
were replaced by temples as • THERE ARE 2 FAMOUS GREEK EPICS WHICH HAD A GREAT
INFLUENCE ON THEIR CULTURE AND EVEN NOW ARE STILL
the Greeks were desperate for POPULAR. ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY. BOTH ARE AMAZING TALES
hope. OF WAR. 
• THE OLYMPIC GAMES, NOW A POPULAR AND WORLDWIDE EVENT
WERE INVENTED IN GREECE TO MAKE A CHANCE FOR MEN TO
PROVE THEMSELVES TO BE GREAT. THEY WERE A GREEK
CULTURE AND WERE HELD EVERY YEAR AT THE GREEKS
 RECAP PPT 3 
BY: DHRUV,KABIR.P,ABEER,JAIVIR

Technology- Ancient Olympics-

 The archimedes screw This was considered a religious festival..
 Rutway
 Crane
 cartography Wars-
Persian war…
It happened due the greeks

Art- spreading colonies in Persia

 Classical art
 Archaic art
Peloponnesian war…
This was a war between Athens
 Hellenistic art
& sparta due to internal
 Geometric art
rivalaries
•Warfare-​ Fun Fact: 
The Olympic games
The Greeks and the Persians got in war as the Greeks spread out
took place in the planes
their colonies in the Persians’ land. Athens and Sparta got in the of Olympia. 
Peloponnesian war.​
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•Sports-​
The first ever ancient Olympic games were organized in Greece!​
TECHNOLOGY
just as war drove significant improvements in
medical practices so, too, did it have an impact
on the field of engineering. Scholars such as
Archimedes became military engineers,
inventing and improving defensive and
offensive weapons. 

• Art and architecture-​

They made various types of temples for the Greek gods & made
sculptors known as Kouroi and Korai.

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 RECAP PPT 4
BY :MANNAT,ELISA,SHIANA,KEYA
SOCIAL STRUCTURE- 
« ATHENS- HAD A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT BUT DEPENDED ON
SLAVES 
« SPARTA- HAD A MONARCHY 
« WERE UNDER THE ROMANS EMPIRE IN THE DARK AGES 
GOVERNMENT AND TYPE OF GOVERNANCE- 
« WAS A DEMOCRATIC GOV. 
« DEMOCRACY ORIGINATED IN GREECE 
LEADERS- 
« PERICLES- BELIEVED IN DEMOCRACY BUT BELIEVED THAT ONLY
MEN COULD PARTICIPATE 
« ALEXANDER- HE UNITED MANY CITY STATES 
PHILOSOPHERS- 
« PYTHAGORAS- BELIEVED THAT EVERYTHING “THAT IS” HAS
ALWAYS BEEN SINCE NOTHING CAME FROM NOTHING ITSELF 
« THALES OF MILLETS- IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF GREEK
PHILOSOPHY. HIS HYPOTHESES USUALLY ADDED
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