Greece
Kyle
Geography
Spartan Life
Sparta was a military city state in Greece with male and female soldiers. At age seven boys were taken from their families and put in bunkers where they trained to be soldiers. Women were also trained to fight to protect their homes and children while the men were out fighting.
Spartan Government
Athen Life
Athens Government
Greek Contributions
The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected art, government, sports, and philosophy. Here's a painting of "The Rape Of Proserpina" by an Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini during ancient Greece. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. Aristarchus, an Athens astronomer, discovered that the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun. Greek also started the Olympics.