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• Mainland Greece is very mountainous land and is almost completely covered by the Mediterranean Sea. • The weather in Ancient Greece consisted of mild winters and hot summers. • It was hard to grow crops but the location was good for trading because the land was surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. • Ancient Greek cities are known for creating settlements overseas that were called colonies. • Greeks also made a living by trading their specialties to other countries for food and other resources. • In Ancient Greece, Greeks traded with many countries because the Mediterranean Sea made it easy for transportation. • The Olympics originated in Greece during the 7th Century BC. • Women in Ancient Greece were not allowed to attend the Olympics. • Today there are many sports played in the Olympics but in Ancient Greece, the games played were mainly consisting of Marathon running and Pancracium (a mix of boxing and wrestling). • The legacy is still held today that every four years the Olympics are held. • Greek babies often wore nothing at all, but sometimes, they wore cloth diapers. If it was cold, of course, they would be more wrapped up. • Children also often wore only cloth wrapped around their middles like shorts. • Greek men mostly wore a tunic, a sort of kneelength t-shirt made of wool or linen. • Women also wore inner tunic but in addition they also wore an outer cloak. • Often, as in this statuette, men and women wore their clothing only over one shoulder. • The Greeks believed in many gods which is also called polytheism. • Believing in many gods at that time was a very popular religion at that time. • Some of the famous Greek gods were Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hermes, Ares, and Hades. • The Late Bronze Age, between about 2000 and 1200 BC, all Greek city-states were ruled by kings like Agamemnon and Theseus. • After the Dark Age, only a few Greek city-states still had kings. • Sparta is the most famous of these, though actually Sparta had two kings, usually brothers or cousins, at the same time. • The change from monarchy to democracy in Athens was a slow process. • In 1066 B.C. the last king of Athens was replaced by an archon. • The position of archon was nearly identical at first to a king. • They ruled for life and had to be from a royal family. / http://greece.mrdonn.org http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ http://www.greeklandscapes.com http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/ http://www.ancient-greece.org/index.html http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page