Social Studies Subject

for High School:

Ancient Times
By: Ahmed Ashraf,Ali,Mira,Toufik,Yassin kareemYassin
Haitham,Malaak,Yasmin
 Greece tradition
Easter in greece

. Greeks celebrate Orthodox Easter, which is usually

a couple of weeks after the Western churches. Easter
is both a religious and a Spring festival, with the usual
symbols of rebirth and the victory of life after death.
 The evil eye

.It is believed that the evil eye can strike anyone at any given
moment. The evil eye is the belief that someone can catch the
evil eye curse or Matiasma from someone else's jealous
compliment or envy.
 Name day

.A name day is the feast day of the saint that a person is named
after. Name days are widely celebrated throughout Greece, and it
is a time for family and friends to gather together, exchange
wishes, and enjoy traditional food and drink.
 Carnival
•Greece's Carnival season, known as “Apokries”, is the festive
season preceding Lent, a period of masquerading, eating, drinking
and dancing, which reaches its peak with extravagant parades of
giant floats and colorful street groups.
 Clean monday
Clean Monday' comes from the idea and belief that to start
the Lent season with a clean heart and pure intentions one
must begin with fasting to receive the season.
 Greece Language
Greece’s main language

.In Greece, the majority of the population of 10.7

million speak Greek, the language that is
considered to be the official language of this
country.
 Greek

.More than 13 million people speak it in Greece,

Cyprus, Italy, Albania, Turkey, and many other
Greek-speaking countries.
 Origin of the greek language

.Around the 3rd millennium BC, Greek started being

spoken in the Balkans.

.Researchers say there's a good chance the Greek

language evolved from the ancient Indo-European
language
 Ancient times in the world

.Among the oldest recorded languages

in the world is Greek, which dates back
to between 1450 and 1350 BC, thanks to
a Linear B clay tablet found in Messenia.
 Greece languages

.Even though the majority of Greece speak Greek,

there are other languages that Greek citizens use
in their daily life and different Greek dialects.

.36.66% of Greek citizens speak English, 6.33%

speak French ,and 3.98 speak German.
 Art of greece
Geometric Art

.The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in
reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200
years,

.Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, meanders, and zigzags

were commonly used.

.Examples of Geometric art can be found in museums around the world.

 Different reigns
Archaic Art

.Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting

from c. 800 BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in
480 BC,[1] following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded
by the Classical period.
 Hellenistic Art

• Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally

taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323
BC and end with the
conquest of the Greek world by the Romans
 Classical Art

• The art produced during the Classical period (480-323 BC)

• From the fall of the last Athenian tyrant in 510 BC to the death
of Alexander the Great in 323 BC
• Classical Art pursued ideals of beauty, harmony, and proportion
 The history of Greece
What is the main history of Greece?

• The history of Greece can be tracked back to stone age

hunters
• Later came early farmers and the Minoan and Mycenean
civilizations
 What happened to Greece in history?

• The Greek peninsula came under roman

• Roman rule during the 146 BC conquest of
Greece after the Battle of Corinth.
 Who came to Greece first?

• The First Greeks. Two major groups of people,

the Minoans and the Mycenaeans, were the
first to populate the Greek peninsula.
 What is the historical name of Greece?

• The Romans most likely called the country

“Graecia”
 Why was Greece important to world?

• The Greeks made important contributions to

philosophy,mathematics,astronomy and medicine
 Flag of Greece
The Greek national flag

• The Greek national flag has a 200 year history

• It was initially conceived during the greek war of
independence declared against the Ottoman Empire on 1821
 What is the story behind the flag of
Greece ?

• The cross represents the christian religion

• The nine blue and white horizontal stripes of the flag stand for
the nine syllables of the greek motto Elefhzeria Thanatos
 What does the Greek Orthodox flag
represent?

• The alternating blue and white stripes either referred to the

nine muses , the sea and sky of Greece or the syllables to
the Greek phrase of “Freedom or Death “
 What does the Greece flag consist
of?

• The national flag of Greece consist of four white and five blue
alternating horizontal stripes,with a white cross on the upper
left corner
Geography
 History of the land
Geography can have an impact on society, politics, and economics. This is
especially true of Ancient Greece, because its geography is so varied. The main
physical geographic features of Ancient Greece included mountains, islands, and
the sea. The mountains of Ancient Greece separated people geographically. Due to
this separation, Greek city-states tended to be isolated from one another. This
meant that societies grew and developed independently.
City-states had their own governments. So, without a central government, there was
not a plan to create a big empire as we often imagined with respect to Ancient
Greece.Having access to the sea gave Ancient Greece the opportunity to grow
economically. This allowed the city-sates to build many seaports to conduct trade.
How did geography affect ancient
Greece?
Greece was very mountainous and occupied numerous islands. This
allowed the city-states to develop in independent ways, primarily through
differing types of governments and cultures, but the Greeks did have the
same language and religious beliefs. The mountains and numerous
islands prevented any one city, or individual, to dominate the Greek states.
Greece was also surrounded by water that encouraged them to build
ships which led to trade and colonization.
 How did the sea affect greek life?

The region's physical geography directly shaped Greek

traditions and customs. sailors, sea travel connected Greece
with other societies. Sea travel and trade were also important
because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber,
precious metals, and usable farmland. significantly
influenced Greek political life
 How did the mountains affect greek
life?
Greece's steep mountains and surrounding seas forced Greeks to
settle in isolated communities. Travel by land was hard, and sea
voyages were hazardous. Most ancient Greeks farmed, but good
land and water were scarce. They grew grapes and olives, and
raised sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens.
 What were the main features of the
geography of greece?

The mainland has rugged mountains, forests, and lakes,

but the country is well known for the thousands of islands
dotting the blue Aegean Sea to the east, the
Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Ionian Sea to the
west.
sports
 What is the national sport of greece?

• Greece's national sport is football (and basketball has increased in

popularity since the 1980s. The national basketball team won the
European championship in 1987, and the national football team
qualified for its first World Cup finals in 1994 and won the European
Championship in 2004.
 Ancient greece games

• Events and training the ancient games of

greece were foot races , disc throwing and
wrestling
 Greek foods

• The Ancient Greeks would eat eggs from quail

and hens, fish, legumes, olives, cheeses, bread,
figs, and any vegetables they could grow, which
might include arugula, asparagus, cabbage,
carrots and cucumbers. As previously stated,
meats were reserved for the wealthy.
 Greece religon

• Ancient Greek theology was polytheistic, based on the assumption

that there were many gods and goddesses, as well as a range of
lesser supernatural beings of various types. There was a hierarchy
of deities, with Zeus, the king of the gods, having a level of control
over all the others, although he was not almighty
 how did religion affect greece?

• The majority of Greeks are members of the Greek Orthodox Church,

and the church has a strong influence on the country's cultural and
social life. For example, the church plays a central role in many major
life events such as weddings and funerals, and many traditional festivals
and celebrations have religious roots
 Reiligon in greece today

• Greek Orthodox
• Religious Demography
• According to research polls, 81 to 90 percent of the
population identifies as Greek Orthodox, 4 to 15 percent as
atheist, and 2 percent as Muslim.