Greece



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**__ What Did The Ancient Greeks Wear? __** Olivia: The Ancient Greek's used to wear light, loose clothes when the weather was hot, witch was usally all year long. Long pieces of vibrant, colourful fabrics were used to make these loose clothes. The main clothing item for men were called tunic, also known as a chiton. These used to be big square shape pieces of cloth, held in place by pins at the shoulder, while there was a belt around the waist. They used to be made from wool in the winter, but if they were made in the summer, they would of used linen. Just like the men, women also wore clothing which was made from linen or wool. They used pins all around the clothing to hold it all together. A difference between the men's and women's clothing is that the woman's wardrobe usually ended at the ankles, when the men's didn't.

//<- An Ancient Greek woman in clothing.// //Ancient Greek man in clothing.->//

**__Values And Beliefs__** Brianna: We don't know that much about what the ancient Greeks believed because many of them had many different opinions about what they saw or witnessed. So there are many ways they could of believed in gods and goddesses. Some of those gods and goddesses were, Zeus, Hera, Hades, Ares, Athena, Apollo and Hermes.The religious beliefs of Classical Greece can be interpreted in many different ways. Nobody can be sure how or why people believe a certain story about their gods. And different people probably have different reasons for believing a story.Or the same person may believe a story for several different reasons. Not everyone believes all the stories, either: different people may tell different stories. And people may tell one story in one situation, and a different story in a different situation, whatever seems to fit. A law in Athens was that women, slaves and children couldn't vote. Another law was that only the boys were aloud to participate in the olympic games.



//to the left:// //<- Greek god Zeus//

Below: Greek godess Athena



Temple of Athens->

<-Greek gods names

// __**Food**__ // Kaitlyn: The Greeks had all sorts of religious meanings for food. They would never eat meat unless it had been sacrificed to a god, or hunted in the wild. This was because they thought that it was wrong to kill and eat a tame animal without sacrificing it to the gods. They even thought this about vegetables. Most Greeks believed that some foods were cleaner or dirtier, or that some of the gods liked certain foods better than others. Some religons would not eat beans. They sometimes think of the god Dionysos whenever they drank wine and they thought of Demeter and Persephone whenever they ate bread. They mainly ate the Mediterranean triad, wheat, barley, millet, wine and olive oil. They grew vegetables like lentils, beans, peas, chickpeas.They may have even ate more fish t han other people. They ate foods that were raised in the rocky terrain of Greece’s landscape. They ate breakfast just after sunrise and was made of mainly bread dipped in wine. For lunch they ate bread dipped in wine with olives, figs, cheese or dried fish. Their supper was eaten near sunset. For this they ate vegetables, fruit, fish, and sometimes honey cakes. Since they didn't know about sugar they used natural honey as a sweetener. Fish was the main source of protein. Beef was very expensive to the poor so they rarely ate it. When they ate this along with pork they had to during religious festivals to have these. During these festivals cows or pigs were sacrificed to the gods, the meat was then cooked and handed out to the public. Wine was the main beverage at these times. They would also drink water. They ate with their hands because there were no utensils. Bread was used to scoop out thick soups, it was also used as a napkin to clean hands. After this the bread was then thrown on the floor for the dogs or slaves to clean up later. When giving a wine offering to the gods, the men drank and talked about politics or morals. Often young girls and boys would be employed to entertain guests with music and dance.

**__ Physical Features and Climate __** Kaitlyn: Greece is not like Egypt or Mesopotamia, it is not a place that is easy to live in.Their soil was not very good for growing things, there were a lot of mountains that make it hard to get from one place to another, and there was never enough fresh water. What Greece does have is a lot of coastline (beaches). They had a lot of small islands so when people did come to live in Greece, they were sailors, and the Greeks have always spent a lot of time sailing on the ocean. Greeks fish a lot.They sail trade routes from one city to another, including in Greek cities and elsewhere. Some other places over the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, and they made a living buying and selling things. They hire themselves out as soldiers to fight for other people around the Mediterranean, especially in Western Asia and Egypt. They are right in the middle of an active volcanic zone, where the Europe tectonic plate meets the Africa tectonic plate. They have many active volcanoes, and earthquakes are very common. Oracles are gods speaking to people, often in the form of minor earthquakes, and the gods tell the people what is going to happen in the future. There was quite a lot of trees on the hillsides of Greece, their people cut most of them down, and now the hills of Greece are mostly bare, or have little bushes on them. Nobody knows when exactly the trees were cut down.

**__Use of Environment__** Brianna: The Greeks used their enviornment by growing crops, thanking the gods for any meat like fish and cows, using their building materials for good use and thinking of the gods any time they drank wines or vegetables. In the spring it would rain, which was good for their crops, especially in Northern Greece, and the plants would get green and leafy. In the summer, it would be hot and dry. The farmers would harvest the wheat at the beginning of the summer, in June. It hardly rains at all in Greece in the summer, mostly in Southern Greece. In Northern Greece thunderstorms sometimes occur in the summer. In the fall it would begin to rain and there would be more storms. This is when they plant their wheat. Winters in southern Greece are cold and rainy, but not freezing. It's weird for it to snow in some places, but it does snow sometimes. This is mainly the same as the weather in Greece today



To the right: //An old village >//

**__ How they where governed? __** Kayla:

They had a lot of different kinds of governments. Each city-state had their own government because people's ideas about what made a good government changed over time. Aristotle divided Greek governments into monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies and democracies, we still use most of these now such as monarchies. Sparta is the most famous of these city-states. Sparta had two kings, usually brothers or cousins, at the same time. One would stay home and the other go off to fight wars. The city-state of Athens created the first democratic government. Some city-states that weren't Greek, like Carthage and Rome, experimented with giving the poor people more power. Some democracy did not give power to everyone. Most of the people in Athens couldn't vote such as women, no slaves, no children. Between 2000 and 1200 BC, all Greek city-states where monarchies, ruled by kings. After the disasters only a few Greek city-states still had kings.

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**__ Scientific and Technological Advances __** Kayla:


 * //__Some things the ancient Greeks invented are the:__//**


 * screw press
 * water clock
 * water organ
 * torsion catapult
 * a chart to find prime numbers
 * sewage systems
 * the wheelbarrow
 * flood protection and drainage
 * baths and other sanitary facilities
 * mining
 * streets
 * screw
 * rotary mills
 * casting techniques
 * gear
 * crane
 * rutway
 * plumbing
 * spiral staircase
 * Urban planning
 * crossbow
 * winch
 * central heating
 * lead sheeting
 * light house
 * alarm clock
 * chain drive
 * cannon
 * leavers
 * water mill
 * air and water pumps
 * surveying tools
 * fire hose
 * vending machines
 * wind vane
 * clock tower
 * automatic doors
 * steam engines

A cross bow looks like the picture to the right.[]

A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull wind up or let wind out in another case it adjust the "tension" of a rope or rope wire. It is mainly a spool attatched to a hand crank, which in larger form is used to tow trucks, steam shovles and elevators. The spool can be called the winch drum. These can be powered by the hydraulic, pneumatic or internal combustion drives.

A wind vane is a device used to measure the wind direction and are placed at the height you will be measuring at. You may see these on the top of a barn that are shaped like a barn animal.

<-To the left: A wind vane

**//__ Social Needs __//** Olivia: Greeks enjoyed science, philosophy, farming and art. Philosophy is knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Greek boys played games like hockey, the boys usually played games naked, so girls were forbidden to watch. You could see people juggling, playing marbles, dice, checkers and knucklebones. Back then knucklebones was when you play with five small objects of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in different ways. Now we play with six points, or knobs, from a base, and are usually made of metal or plastic.

The olympics were held in northwest Peloponnesus in honour of the god Zeus. Back then only the boys could participate in the games. When these games occured they would stop all wars for audiences and games people.The prizes were different crowns made of wild olive leaves. Today winers take home a gold, silver or bronze medals and lots of money. These people also bring honour and pride back to their country. This present day there are two types of olympics, the summer olympics and winter olympics. Olympics are held every two years. The winter olympics happens every 4 years and the summer olympics is held every 4 years too. Both olympics used to be held the same year every four years.

//<-Greece map//

**//__ These are some events for the summer olympics: __//**
 * archery
 * basketball
 * boxing
 * canoeing
 * equestrian events (horseback riding)
 * cycling
 * fencing
 * field hockey
 * gymnastics
 * handball
 * judo
 * rowing
 * shooting
 * soccer
 * swimming
 * tennis
 * track and field
 * volleyball
 * water polo
 * wrestling
 * yachting
 * weight lifting

**//__ Winter events may include: __//** []
 * Skeleton
 * Figure Skating Speed Skating
 * Short Track Speed Skating
 * Curling
 * Alpine Skiing Olympic rings
 * Freestyle SkiingSnowboarding
 * Biathlon(cross-country skiing and target shooting)
 * Cross-Country Skiing
 * Ski Jumping
 * Nordic Combined (ski jumping and cross country skiing)
 * tobogganing
 * ice hockey
 * the biathlon (skiing-shooting)
 * skating
 * skiing
 * bobsledding
 * luge

**// By: //** **// Olivia //** ** // Kayla // ** ** //Brianna// ** **//Kaitlyn//**