1. Leader: Amber Keller Adventurous Members: Leslie Santos, Tony Garcia, Alex Marcelo, and Jesse Chen

2. Athens went to war with Sparta in 431 BCE Athens is the largest city of Greece, apart from being one of the oldest cities of the world Athens is the capital of Greece Athens is the birthplace of Democracy Athens is one of the world’s main centre of archaeological research In 426BCE the construction of the Parthenon began In 430-428 BCE a plague wiped out ¼ of Athens population including Pericles

3. Alexander the Great was born in 356 BCE in Pella When Alexander was 13 he became the pupil of Aristotle When Alexander went to war a rumor was spread that he was dead In 333 BCE, Alexander became seriously ill but recovered and continued to fight into Syria When Alexander entered Babylon he was diagnosed with Malaria Alexander died on June 13, 323 BCE His body was placed in a solid gold coffin!!

4. Athens were the first to introduce Democracy to the ancient Greek world Only men were allowed to vote Most of the time if you were a citizen you got to chose if you wanted to go to the army or not The assembly made sure that everyone followed the laws During meetings men were allowed to speak up and had the rights to speak their opinion

5. Athenian soldiers were required to serve two years in the military After the first year they were given a sword and a shield with state emblem on it Most wars between city-states were due to problems concerning harvest or livestock, sometimes over power In 448-447 Athens and Sparta fought a war called Peloponnesian war Of course, Woman were not allowed in the army

6. Athens’ cargo ships used sails and oars to get where they were going Cargo ships often carried wine, wheat, olive oil, perfume and metal objects 58% of men became sailors on cargo ships Even when they were only traveling to another city they went by boat because of the rocky hills Most cargo ships weight 150 tons Almost all cargo ships were made of wood

7. Farming in ancient Greece was difficult due to the limited amount of good soil and cropland. One record showed a farmer making 30,000 drachmas in a year off his large farm. Farmer grew enough food to support their families and at times they grew a small surplus to sell at the local markets Most farmer were small with four or five acres of land They made the barley into porridge or ground if in to flour used for wine production

8. We created democracy and were the people of Pericles! In 426 BCE we built Acropolis and were the largest city in Greece Athens ooh ooh its Athens We went to war with Sparta in 431 BCE, did we mention were the capital of Greece?!?! We’ve might have been beaten, but were still walkin! Athens ooh ooh its Athens!!