Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was one of the most important civilizations of the ancient time period. This civilization was divided into three main sections: Central Greece, Northern Greece, and Peloponnese, and each of those sections had different leaders and kinds of government. These city-states played a big role in Greek's political life because of different viewpoints, cultures, and geography. At certain points these city-states had disagreements, leading to feuds or assassinations. Overall, Ancient Greece had many kings, tyrants, oligarchies, and democracies throughout those years up until they were taken over by Rome.

The Ancient Greece civilization lasted from 700-480 B.C.E., over 3,000 years ago. It was located in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, which they used to create a complex system of trade routes. Mainland Greece was a mountainous peninsula with lakes, rivers, scrub, valleys, and forests. However, there were not many places for farming. 

The Greeks called themselves Hellenes originally, and Greece was called Hellas. It wasn’t until around the 8th century BC that the Romans started to call them the Greeks, which comes from the Latin word Graeci. The city was invaded by the Romans multiple times and was eventually overthrown. Until the Greeks were invaded, they were very successful.

Ancient Greece is well known for its advances in general knowledge and arts such as pottery, mosaics, painting, metal working, and architecture. Without the inventions that were born into existence in Ancient Greece, human lives would be significantly more difficult and the modern world would not be as advanced today.