Geographical Location
The Ancient Greek civilization was located on today¯s Greek land, Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, South Italy, and Sicily. It is surrounded by mountains and in the north by water. The Ionian and the Aegean seas, together with natural islands and bays, gave the Greeks the opportunety to develop their maritime commerce and their rich culture. The mountains, which surrounded Greece, gave us the picture of its political character. From early times, the Greeks lived in independet settlements, and they were isolated from one another. Later, this settelments grew up into °poles± or city-states. The Mediteranien Sea moderates Greeks climate c cooling air in summer and warmth in winter period. Summers are generaly hot and dry, and winters are mild and rainy in costal regions. In mountain region winters are stronger. The Greek civilization has made great contributions in many areas to western society. Greeks scientists made revolutionary discoveries in medicine, mathematics, physics and astronomy. They also developed the expression of individuality. Those are only some reasons why the Greek civilization was and still is one of the most important civilizations in the world.
At first, only the aristocratic boys had a chance to educate themselves. After, in the 4th century BC, all eighteen-years males spent two years in gymnasium. Gymnasium was a state school devoted to overall physical and intellectual development of a young man. More advanced education in philosophy, mathematics, logics, and rethoric was available to the aristocracy in highly selected gymnasium like the academy of Plato and the Lycaeum of Aristotle. 2. THE GEOMETRIC PERIOD (900-700 BC) In the 3rd century BC, one could clearly see the rise of the Ancient Rome. Step by step, the Romans took control over almost the whole Greek territories. The city of Corinth was destroyed in 146 BC, Aethens captured in 86 BC, and finally Cleopatra and Mark Anthony defeated at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. That year is considered as the end of the Ancient Greek Empire, and it was just the beginning of the Great Roman Empire.
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