Thebes Birthplace of Hercules 3000 BCE – 338 BCE By Harry Green

Location Climate Hot and dry summers Not much rain Geography On a plain 215 meters above sea level Acropilis

Food Farmed Olives Grapes Fish Traded for Cheese Pork Wheat Barley

Government Oligarchy Few leaders Rich people (Aristocrats) ruled Poor people didn’t have much say Switched to

Religion Beliefs May gods Titans Underworld Effects Pottery Ceremonies Sacrifice animals Built temples

Architecture Temple of Apollo Covered walkways or porticos Theaters Agoras Clay, bricks, and stone

Social structure Jobs Most jobs were similar to what we have now Some were Baker Priest Merchant Carpenter Men and women had different jobs Social classes Upper Middle Lower Slaves It varies from city state to city state but mostly women were not treated the same as men

Arts Painted pictures Made pottery Sculpted sculptures Built temples and other buildings

Writing Linear B Wrote on tablets Scribes wrote

Technology and Legacy Spears Short swords They were a ware like city that did very well Was the birthplace of Hercules