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2.  Lies on fertile Argolid plain in eastern Peloponnese, Greece  Ancient Argos- built on two hills: Aspis and Larissa  There is a 6 mile distance from the cities Argos and Mykenae (Mycenae)

3.  Breakfast was eaten just after sunrise- consisted of bread dipped in wine  Lunch- bread dipped in wine along with olives, figs, cheese, dried fish  Dinner-main meal, eaten near sunset, consists of vegetables, fruit, fish, and sometimes honey cakes  Soil wasn’t fertile so they had to fight to grow food which they did successfully

4.  2 nd oldest city after Knossos  There government was a monarchy, which means they had a king and queen  Argos was a long time rival of Sparta from the 5 th to 7 th century BCE

5.  Believed in twelve major gods, each had a special and unique power  People of Argos were very religious, and respected their gods  Each city-state including Argos had a acropolis, a fortified hill with a temple of a certain god

6.  Had tombs  They had an odeum for performances  Theatres had 81 rows which had a ability to fit 20,000 people

7.  They were wonderful poets  They wrote in Greek  Spoke Greek

8.  They traded for food because certain food was scarce.

9.  Mycenaean people built tombs and theatres.  The theaters were called “odeums”.  They were used for musical and theatrical purposes.  They had mosaic floors that depicted Dionysus and the months of the year.  The Mycenaeans’ also made “geometric style” pottery.  Made stone sculptures of athletes.  Were wonderful musicians and poets.

10.  They did numerous things effectively  Such as the development of coinage  Coinage made trade much easier

11.  They had the invention of coinage which helped them with trade  Had bronze armor 

12.  http://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.html http://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.html  http://www.ancient.eu.com/argos/ http://www.ancient.eu.com/argos/  http://www.sikyon.com/Argos/argos eg.html http://www.sikyon.com/Argos/argos eg.html