1. What was ancient Greece and what did it contribute to the world
What was ancient Greece and what did it contribute to the world? Notes #18

2. Ancient Greece was a civilization that existed in Southeastern Europe, from 1750 B.C. to 133 B.C.
 Zeus;
King of
Greek
Gods;
God of
Sky and
Thunder
 Athena;
Greek
God of
War and
Wisdom

3. Greece was located next to the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, which provided Greece a link to the rest of the world.
Poseidon;
Greek God of Seas

4. Greece had many excellent harbors to encourage seafaring trade, which helped Greece grow.

5. The geography of Greece was mountainous, causing Greece to develop into a collection of separate, independent city-states.

6. Greek city-states, such as Athens and Sparta, never united to form a single nation due to Greece’s mountainous geography.
Ancient Athens
Ancient Sparta

7. Greece has had many contributions to modern Western civilization, including:

8. 1. Establishing the basis for Western democracy and mass education.

9. 2. Developing art, literature, and philosophy that was admired and copied by the West.
Homer 
Author of
The Odyssey 
Socrates and Plato

10. 3. Setting standards in math, medicine, and science that are still used today.
Pythagoras and the
Pythagorean theorem
Eratosthenes
Aristarchus
Hippocrates and the
Hippocratic Oath