1. By Isabelle Taber, Erick Miller, Drew Smiley, and Paula Miller

2.  North East tip of Peloponnese  Strategic location for trading  Largest city in Greece  48 miles from Athens

3.  Farmed the sea  Traded food

4.  Their wealth relied on trading  Trade polis (city – state)  One of the richest ports in the world  Colonies  Coins  Banks  Tyranny to Monarchy  Became an Oligarchy after the king killed his family

5.  Aphrodite’s temple in Acrocorinth  1,000 sacred prostitutes  Christianity was introduced by Saint Paul in 51AD  Church buildings  Temples  Worshipped multiple gods (polytheism)

6.  Temples on the Acropolis called the Acrocorinth  Temples had columns  Columns were fancier than Doric and Ionic

7.  Ruling class  King had powerful advisors that made up the oligarchy  Merchants and traders were important  Children went to military school  Wealthier way of life  Slaves

8.  Up until age 7 children were educated at home by mother/slave in art and science  Children went to school/middle school age 7 and above  Activities during leisure time: made vases, pottery, talking at the agora, worshipped gods at temples, or watched a drama  Busting port city  Had slaves  Wealthier way of life than other city-states

9.  Spoke/wrote Greek  Wrote poetry

10.  One of the first systems of coinage  Pottery  Famous for their advanced columns  Built warships

11.  Rich trading culture in Western Mediterranean  War ships  1,000 sacred prostitutes in the temple of Aphrodite  Artwork  Columns were fancier than Doric and Ionic