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SPRITES Chart: Ancient Greek and Persian

Jot down words, phrases, and symbols to describe these two ancient civilizations.

GREECE
Similarities
PERSIA
-Mainland was close to water making people become maritime lovers.
-Horrid land
-Broken up because of mountains
-Chain of islands

Setting

-Focused on gods and goddesses.
-Aristocratic
-Democracy

Politics

-Did not create a major religion with strong spiritual appeal
-Spirits of nature
-Gods and Goddesses
-Regular ceremonies for gods
-Human Centered
-Gods and heros have human features
Religion

-Ships
-Stars
-Pump system
-Body systems

Innovations/Ideas

-Eclipse
-Astronomy
-Mathematics
-Digestion and vascular system
-Water power
-Pump out flooded ships
Technology

-Martine People
-Depended on trade for food/supply
-Fish was one of the main sources of economy
Economics

-Importance of moderation in human behavior
-A vast gulf often separated wealthy from the ordinary peasants/slaves

Social (Society)

Conclusion: Greece’s mainland was mountainous and horrid. They could not rely on agriculture for their food supply. Since their mainland was so irregularly shaped the mainland was close to the water. People became maritime lovers; they used this to their advantage. They traded mainly fish with olives and oils to get their food supply. They were also advanced in technology, with the creation of pulleys and levers and a pump for exiting water from ships. They focused on humanism and gods and goddesses for art and literature. Their government was democratic allowing people to have a say and run for office. One discovery that is still present was astronomy which modern society has based off of. Greece had many accomplishments that we still focus with to this day.

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