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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece can be found at Europe. Greece’s neighbors are Rome, Egypt and Turkey. Most of the Greece are mountain and hills. Greek fancy sports also they started the Olympics. Greece has a lot of God and Goddesses, like Zeus, Poseidon, Gaea, and Uranus.
Greece is the most mountainous country in Europe. The mainland of ancient Greece is Peloponnesus peninsula. 80% of Greece has mountains or hills. The climate in Greece was hot and dry and it rain limited. That’s why it makes ancient Greece bad for agriculture. But on the west of Greece has lakes and wetlands. Greece has one of the largest canyon in the world, Meteora and Vikos Canyon.
Greek adores sports. They also start the Olympic. The games began with a sacrifice to the god Zeus. Every four years the Olympic games was held in the stadium at Olympia. Only men can compete on this game. They play the games as part of a religious life. Since the game is a religious, if someone cheated they cant play anymore, because cheating is consider for disrespecting Gods. The three games they play at Olympics are Boxing, weightlifting, and the pentathlon. The winners received a wreath of olive leaves to wear on their heads.
Ancient Greece believed at God and Goddesses. Zeus, Poseidon and Uranus are some of the Gods and Gaea is one of the Goddesses. Zeus is the God of the thunder. His father was Cronus. His brothers were Poseidon and Hades. His spouse is Hera. Zeus weapon is thunderbolt, which he hurls at those who displease him. He also punish those who lies. Poseidon is Zeus’s brother. He is the God of the Sea. He married Amphitrite. His weapon is a trident, which she ca n shake the Earth. He’s also greedy. Gaea is the Goddesses of Earth. Her son is Uranus. The other God was Uranus. He is the God of the Sky. He is the son and husband of Gaea. He died because of the wounds or he withdrew to Earth.
Overall, Greece is a hot and dry country. That makes Greece a bad for agriculture. Also most of Greece are mountains and hills. Olympics was considered as part of a religious life. Only men can play at the Olympics. Greek believed at the God and Goddesses. Zeus is the God of the Thunder, Poseidon is the God of the Sea, Gaea is the God of the Earth and Uranus is the God of the Sky.