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    The Greek Civilization

    -By Ahmed Nabeel

    May U live through interesting


    times
    -Ancient Chinese curse

    History

    The End of Greek Dark ages.


    The Birth of the city-state.
    Every city-state had its economy
    based on agriculture.
    By the end of the 8th century B.C
    there were more than 1500 colonial
    city-states.

    The Archaic period


    The term Archaic means Structural
    revolution.
    Greek culture began to develop
    during the Archaic period(800-480
    B.C).
    The spread of colonization along
    Mediterranean and Black sea.

    The city-states were ruled by a


    single ruler.
    The adoption of the Phoenician
    alphabet.
    The end of the archaic period is
    conventionally marked by the
    Xerces invasion of Greece.

    Areas of Greek settlements

    Classical Period

    (480-323 B.C)
    After the invasion of Xerxes on
    Athens united Greece against a
    common enemy.
    The Classical period began.
    This period saw the height of the
    Greek civilization.

    Greek democracy, culture, art and


    architecture flourished in this
    period.

    Alexander III

    A Greek king of Macedon


    Alexander III conquered whole of
    Greece and created one of the largest
    empires of the ancient world.
    He united the whole of Greece
    together.
    Alexander broke the power of Persia.

    He invaded India in 326 B.C .


    He had made series of plans to
    invade Arabia and its surroundings.
    He wanted to go farther but was
    forced to turn back.
    He died in 326 B.C in Babylon and
    with him came the end of the
    classical period and the starting of
    the Hellenistic period.

    Alexander during his expeditions

    Hellenistic period

    Alexander died and he left behind a


    huge empire.
    So a series of civil wars started
    between the heirs and the surviving
    generals of Alexander's army.
    The wars tore the great empire of the
    Greeks apart.

    So in 32 B.C the Roman Empire


    took over the whole Greece and
    they laid the starting of a new era
    and thus the era of the Greeks came
    to an end.

    Mythology

    Greek religion was based on


    polytheism.
    They believed in many Gods.
    There were three major Gods and
    the rest were Demigods.

    Major Gods

    There were three major Gods:Zeus (God of thunder)


    Poseidon (God of the sea)
    Hades (God of the underworld)

    ZEUS

    Great God Zeus.


    The God of the sky
    and king of gods of
    Mount Olympus.

    Poseidon

    God of the sea.


    Ruler of all the
    waters and
    aquatic life.

    Hades

    The God of the


    underworld and
    all the souls of
    mans after their
    death.

    Demigods

    There were many Demigods and each


    one of them was a God of something
    particular for e.g.

    Areas (God of war)


    Apollo (God of the sun)
    Aphrodite (Goddess of love)
    Hermes (The Messenger) etc.
    Heracles (The God of Health)

    It was believed that there are some


    demigods who live between human
    and proved to be great heroes.

    Persius
    Helen of Troy
    Minos

    Every city-State had their own God.


    Temples were made.
    Sacrifices were made to please the
    Gods.
    It was believed that Gods come
    down from Mount Olympus to
    reward or punish the people
    according to their deeds.

    Conclusion

    The Greeks were one of the greatest


    civilizations.
    They laid the foundation of many
    great things like Science, art and
    technology and the Olympian games.
    They had a rich culture.

    Any Questions?

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