greece

greece
Greece is a country in southeastern
Europe with thousands of islands
throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas.
Influential in ancient times, it's often
called the cradle of Western civilization.

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 During the so-called “Greek Dark Ages” before the
Archaic period, people lived scattered throughout Greece
in small farming villages. As they grew larger, these villages
began to evolve. Some built walls. Most built a marketplace
(an agora) and a community meeting place. They
developed governments and organized their citizens
according to some sort of constitution or set of laws. They
raised armies and collected taxes. And every one of these
city-states (known as poleis) was said to be protected by a
particular god or goddess, to whom the citizens of the polis
owed a great deal of reverence, respect and sacrifice.
(Athens’s deity was Athena, for example; so was Sparta’s.)
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TRANSPORTATION
✣ FLIGHTS
The most popular way of transport to Greece is, of course, the plane.
The International Airport of Athens El. Venizelos serves most flights
from abroad and from there tourists go by another plane or ferry to
the islands. In tourist season, there are also charter flights from
abroad directly to the islands or few airports in the mainland.

✣ GREEK FERRIES
The most popular transportation means to go from Athens to the
Greek islands is by ferry.

✣ CARS
TAXI
BUS

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transportation
 transportation
Ancient Greeks used ships, wagons
and walking as transportation methods. The
citizen’s social class and wealth as well as the
terrain often determined what form of
transportation was used.
Transportation in ancient Greece was
difficult due to the rugged mountainous terrain
and lack of roads. People usually followed the
dirt trails left by previous travelers. There were
few bridges to cross rivers, making some forms
of transportation, such as wagons, unusable on
certain routes.
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COMMUNICATION
 COMMUNICATION
The people of Ancient Greece of course, spoke Greek. The Ancient
Greeks didn't have the technology at the time to send messages so they
developed different ways to communicate to people at long distances.
Stentorophic Horn
- It allowed generals to communicate to their armies all at once.
Pigeon
- They attached a message written in paper onto the pigeons back to
send to other people at far ranges. It was a very effective way to
send messages because pigeons have a natural homing system.
Light
- Ancient Greeks also used light signals to send urgent messages to
armies.
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 MODERN
COMMUNICATION

Today, our communication media technology is very

advanced. Our language that we speak is English, which is the
3rd most common spoken language in the world. Many people
now a days own a phone or have a type of social media like
Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter etc. Canada has a
very complex post office system were we can send stuff all
around the world.
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WAYS OF LIVING
WAYS OF LIVING
✣ Ancient Greece had a warm, dry climate, as Greece does
today. Most people lived by farming, fishing and trade.
Others were soldiers, scholars, scientists and artists.
✣ Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and
statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch
plays.
✣ Most people lived in villages or in the countryside. Many
Greeks were poor and life was hard, because farmland,
water and timber for building were scarce. That's why
many Greeks sailed off to find new lands to settle.

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 MODERN
WAYS OF LIVING

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