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The 12 Gods of Olympus by: Talia Santangelo

The Greeks would place there palms upward when they praise there gods. They would also visit temples and pray, and the priests get appointed to the gods. Also, the Greeks would sacrifice animals and large fires because they think it’s a sign from the gods. They also would make small woodcarvings in wood and leave them in the temples to give the gods a sign or a pray for life. Greeks love their crops so they do a rain dance around the temples for a good crop season. The part that wasn’t very good for they people was that enemies destroyed the churches and temples. The churches were desecrated by the time the temples and holy places were destroyed.

Zeus was a supreme God of the Olympians. As a myth Zeus’s father ate his children but Rhea as able to save the new born (ZEUS). She put him in a cave called Mount Dicte to save him. Now in days people take there flashlights and make hand puppets to symbol there culture. Apollo was a handsome man that got all the ladies and had curly golden hair. He was supportive of all the arts and civilizations. Apollo was Zeus’s son. Apollo had children and one of them was successful enough to be a singer. He also worshipped the Gods very often because he believed that they will help him through his life.

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Apollo is strumming his harp for the people.

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Life within the Greek culture by: Jacklyn Kampa

Men ran the government and were barley home. Women had very little freedom the only thing a woman could run in the Greek culture was their household. When the men weren’t involved with the politics they were most likely in the fields. Or even doing fun activities such as, drinking parties and wives and daughters weren’t invited or just not aloud to go. All men loved to farm and crop while the women were at home usually baking or doing laundry. But a lot of the house holds had slaves to do their work for them and they didn’t do as much. Families that can afford slaves were more wealthy then the rest. But the men and women both made a huge impact into the Greek culture.

slaves and children~The children are considered youths until the age of 30. And when the baby is first born the dad does a ritual dance with him/her. Also when the children are born they decorate the front door way olives for boys and wreaths for girls. At first the kids’ jobs are helping their mom in the kitchen and helping their dad in the fields. Slaves made a major roll in the Greek culture and then they could be found anywhere. The slaves couldn’t use their real name their master chose one for them and that was it. But the good thing was that the slaves had a limit of what they can do they can’t be force to do too much stuff and get over whelmed.

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the slaves worked day and night and barley got brakes.

the men and women barley had any time to themselves.

Title: Alexander the Great By: Anna Gorski

Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia that took over the Persian Empire and took it over to Macedonia. He was the first man to be called The Great. Alexander‘s most favorite drink was beer and wine. Wine brought out his crazy side, and he got very angry and upset when he drank wine. He started the Persian War in 334 B.C. He was 22 when he started the war. After the Persian War, he won. In 324 B.C., Alexander got married in Susa in the spring time. He encouraged unions and soldiers who got married. Before he went to India, he went to Egypt. When he was in Egypt, he decided that he would go on a dangerous trip over the desert to visit the oracle. Later, he became pharaoh in Egypt. The Persians wanted Alexander to come back with a gift from them with many Persian provinces. The people did not like living under his demands and rules. In 327 B.C, he wouldn’t come back without all of the empire. He took India from Porus, the most powerful ruler in India. After they took India they decided not to go any farther with it. Alexander’s other goal was to ride down the rivers and Indus so they could reach the ocean on the other side.

People will never know the truth how Alexander the Great died, even though there are other new stories coming out about how he got sick and how he died, but they aren’t exactly sure. Historians thought for centuries that he had died from poisoning, malaria, and typhoid fever. He died at the age of 35 on June 10th, in 323 B.C. Over the course of 10 days; he had a fever for 4 days, and he was carried around everywhere he went over the 10 days he was sick. On the 9th and 10th day, he was sick all night and the day after and the other days after that. People think that his guard held his it back that he died or that he was really sick with a fever and that he was very ill. He died 11 years after he won the Persian War



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Athens V.S. Sparta By: Lisa Hughes

Sparta’s history was a big change around 700 B.C. living near Messenia. The Sparta life was easy and they had young men in their household as slaves. The girls and boys had to be trained to be warriors. In the household the girls were taught to spin and weave. Sparta had a full time army. The boys did not read, play music or do math, but instead they spent a lot of time learning to be good soldiers. Sparta had its own system of government.

Athens didn’t have a king; it was ruled by the people as a democracy. They held large meetings where they would tell the government what it should be doing. Athens girls were taught at home, but boys weren’t. The boys had a choice to serve in the army. Slavery made a quarter of the working population of Athens. The similarities that they have the same are their form of government. Also, they both had assemblies and were elected by the people. One thing that was different was getting along with the Greeks.

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The Trojan horse was very important to the Trojan War how you wonder it got them into The Sparta’s palace. They built it there selves. They climbed up into it and hid there bouts so It looked like they left and gave up on the war but they didn’t they hide in the horse but they all thought it was a gift from the gods and they brought it home with them. Then at night after every one was asleep they came out and attacked. They fought so much. After the war, Menelaus was determent to kill his wife, was soon taken by Helens gorgeous, and beauty kept her a live. The Trojan women were dividing between the Greek men and also with the other plunder. Finally, the Greeks set of to go home but some had some difercalty getting home it took so much time for the Trojan War. Nobody will ever forget the Trojan War! **
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