Friday, December 21, 2007

Geography of Ancient Greece



Greece, a country that’s south Eastern Europe. Its peninsula extends from Baikons to the Mediterranean Sea. It has many mountains with many gulfs and bags. Some areas are filled with forest, much of Greece could be called “story” and that’s why it may be suitable for pasturage. But in some areas, you can grow wheat, barley, citrus, dates, and olives. Also, Greece is divided in 3 areas Northern Greece, Central Greece, and Peloponnese. Since there are too many mountains separating every city, and also that there are too many islands to be controlled by one single person, they all become “City-States” (every city is controlled by a different individual).
What were the 3 regions in which Ancient Greece was divide in?
Juan Santana

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Athens vs. Sparta

athens>>>>sparta>>>

Would you rather spend your life serving the military in Sparta or actually getting an education? In Athens there government is a democracy, which means he is ruled by a group of people through voting. In Sparta there government is an oligarchy, which is a government controlled by a few powerful people with control of the military. Athens are much more concerned with education and arts, unlike Sparta there more concerned with military service. If you hit the age of 7 age you lives in Sparta you had to serve the military. Athens value individuals which mean they do most of the things on their own and make their own decisions. Sparta values group. That means that everything they do is mostly in group and all their decisions all made together and they all have to agree. You tell me, would you rather live in Athens or Sparta.

Bresgilbert Balcacer

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Golden Age in Ancient Greece




Golden age is a time of peace and prosperity. Golden age was in ancient Greece from 477 to 431 b.c. During the golden age in Greece Pericles ruled. Pericles had 3 specific policies. One of them was strengthening democracy, he paid government workers. The other policy was strengthening Athenian Empire; he controlled the Delaine League which controlled all city-states. The last policy was glorifying Athens; he pays artists and architects to create arts. Now that you have read our blog u will be able to answer the following question: What were the 3 specific policies Pericles made?