Geography of Ancient Greece

The geography in Greece had a major impact on its civilization. The mountainous geography affected the nation. The geography of Ancient Greece led to the development of different city-states. Being separated, each city-state had its own different culture and leader.



What geographic features are found in Greece?

by Franklin Bautista

Sparta vs. Athens

Even though Sparta and Athens are from the same nation, there are a few similarities and various differences. The main difference between Sparta and Athens it’s their government. Sparta has an Oligarchy, which is a government rule by a few people with military control. Athens has a Democracy, to be more specific a direct democracy. A direct democracy, is a government rule by people, through voting. Also Sparta and Athens had different lifestyles. Athens was more concentrated on arts and educations. Sparta was concern with military service. Athens valued the individual term, while Sparta valued the group. In Athens, people did what they desired, however in Sparta they were mandated to do things. In Sparta every man from the age of 7 to the age of approximately 60 years, had to be trained to be a soldier.

However, there were some similarities between Sparta and Athens. One similarity is that both nations are city-states in Ancient Greece, with different leaders and different cultures.

What is an oligarchy? Which city- state had this type of government?

By: Florangel De Leon

Golden Age in Ancient Greece

Pericles, http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=63871287791839782&postID=631349525319726632

A Golden Age is a period of time where everything is peaceful and in prosperity. The Golden Age in Ancient Greece took time in the period where Pericles ruled. He had three specific policies on how to rule the nation of Greece. One of the policies was to strengthened the democracy. Pericles paid all the government workers, so that everyone can work. Also Greece had a direct democracy, which means that the people made the decision made on the nation by voting. Another rule that he conducted was to strengthened Athenian Empire. Pericles organized the Delian League. From this League he used money to make their army strong, and undefeatable. Also he used the trading system to obtain products of grain and other materials, which was essential for their nation. Last but no least, Pericles set the rule of glorifying Athens. He paid artist and architects to make beautiful sculptures for the nation.

What did Pericles do to reinforced the Athenian Empire?

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