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Acient Greece Ancient Greece was full of culture religion and heroes. They were great architects painters sculptures poets and specialize in many different sciences. They were excellent farmers and had great opportunity for fishing. They had great armies and at the height of their empire rules most of the eastern world.

PUBLIC WORKS

Public works played a big role in peoples live. Some acts of public works are statues, coliseums, and monuments. Most public works supported the community like bridges and water way which helped people gets from place to place easier and in less time. The rise of the alphabet which helped people write and speek. The inventions of scientist and cures to help the civilization which was greetly needed because diese was common. These are some examples of public works in the ancient Greece. Public works also had to follow the Moral code in acient Greece.

SOCIAL CLASS

Civilization in Greek was like the civilization in the late 1800s to early 1900s in the U.S. This meant u had to own land, be free, and a native born to the country. Some families controlled religious functions but was not given any extra power. Social classes were divided into four classes which were based on wealth. Slaves had no power or rights all they could do was have a family and own property if there owners let them. Most families own slaves even poor families owned a coupled of slaves as servants or laborer. Even the city publicly owned slaves that had a great deal of independence. This was the social structure in the Greek culture.

LITERATURE

Literature was a big important part in the Greeks culture. There were three types of literature that they had which were the ancient, the Byzantine, and the Modern Greek. There were two big works in Greek literature written by Homer they were the Odyssey and lliad. They dated all the way back to 800 BC. The Byzantine literature refers to the Byzantine Empire written in medieval and early Modern Greek. Modern Greek literature refers to the common Modern Greek coming from the late Byzantine otherwise no as the end of the 11th centerie

Religion They believed in mythological gods that ruled over different categories of things in their culture. The main three gods, Zeus, hades and Poseidon, ruled over what they considered the three basic elements, water, sky and the underworld. Although there were many major and minor gods, they all had to respect the big three because there almighty power.

Cities

Athens, the capitol of Greece, was known for its history in the arts and literature. It was and is the largest city in Greece. The Greeks were fierce see warriors and sea traders so the majority of the cities the built were located on the coast. Thessaloniki, their second largest city, although not found near water it was a perfect place to grow crops and find natural recourses. Greek cities were known for their cobble stone streets and the style of their building architecture. WEAPONS Between 750 B.C. And 500 B.C., Greeks involved different forms of government. At first the ruler of the Polis was a king. Power then slowly shifted to a class of noble landowners. At first, they defended the king. In time they won power for themselves and the result was an aristocracy, rule by a landholding elite. There were changes in military technology. At about 650 B.C., iron weapons and tools replaced bronze ones. Iron was cheaper, so citizens could afford them.

Temples Of Ancient Greece Greek life was dominated by religion and so that is why a lot of the temples of ancient Greece were the biggest and most beautiful. The art came in many different shapes and sizes. They could be buildings, clothing, and potter, panting, and even dancing. Some examples of this are Parthenon, Erechtheum**,** and the **Temple of Apollo at Didyma**. Some artists from ancient Greece’s were Aetion, Damophon, Epigonos and much more.

Jobs of Ancient Greece

There were many different types of specialized jobs in ancient Greece. Like potter, clotting, fishing, and trading. Most shops in ancient Greece were small and family run.Some had a few slaves along with the family members working. Some shops had little to a lot of workers and sometimes paid in salt. These are just some of the different types of jobs they had.

Conclusion We can learn a lot from Greece culture and many things we know today may be wouldn’t be if it wasn’t for the ancient Greek peoples. They made many advanced technologic advances in their time. They also tried to explain the world through the laws in nature. Although they greatly from their ancestors and their failures. All in all if it wasn't for the Greeks we might not be as technologicly advanced we are right now.

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Daniel Hudy, Mitchel Roseli, Nathan bloomfield, nathaniel randall