61. Ancient Greece - History (Grades 7-9) Ancient greece history By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman, Ancient greece - history. Sample This is only a sample pre-made worksheet. Sign up now! http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_Geography_135_1.html

Sample Ancient Greece - History (Grades 7-9) Worksheet Reading Comprehension Worksheets edHelper.com Subscribers: Build a printable worksheet with the complete story and puzzles Build a proofreading activity With just one subscription, you will have access to the math, spelling, vocabulary, and critical thinking worksheets! Sign up now for the subscriber materials! Ancient Greece - History By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman Greek legend tells that the Aegean Sea was named after the king of Athens, Aegeus. His son Theseus was one of the great heroes of ancient Greece. He was going to fight the Minotaur, a monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. Theseus promised his father, Aegeus, that on the way home he would replace the black sail on his ship with the white one if the journey were successful. But he forgot his promise; Aegeus saw the black sail far out in the sea and threw himself off a cliff. Washed by the waters of three seas—the Aegean, Ionian, and MediterraneanGreece was a crossroads for different cultures. Its history began on the island of Crete about 6,000 years ago. Major seaways, power, religion, and law were the basis for Crete's developed commerce and trade. At the heart of that civilization was a huge palace at Knossosa city in ancient Crete. Knossos was the capital of the legendary King Minos. This civilization of Crete is also called the Minoan civilization because of him. The history and culture of ancient Greece is closely tied to the seas and natural forces. Around 1,500 BC, a terrible earthquake happened not far from Crete and destroyed much of the island. Scientists supposed that was one the main causes of the end of the great Crete civilization. It was not completely gone, though. Art, culture, and traditions of Crete had a very strong influence on those of mainland Greece.

62. Ancient Greek Civilizations Aspects of Culture and People in Ancient greece Medicine in Ancient greece. Herodotus. Other Resources Timelines of Greek history. Maps. Works Cited. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/index.shtml

History of Aegean Civilization The Minoans The Rise of the Mycenean The Myceneans Homer (The Odyssey and the Illiad are full length versions of Homer's Works.) The Odyssey The Illiad The Greek Dark Ages The Rise of Greece - (Transition from dark ages to the Archaic.) Cultures of the Aegean The Dorians The Ionians The Phoenicians The Amazons The Cities of Greece Athens Citizen and Slave Classes of Athens The Women of Athens Sparta The Culture of Sparta The Women of Sparta Aspects of Culture and People in Ancient Greece Medicine in Ancient Greece Herodotus Other Resources... Timelines of Greek History Maps Works Cited About this Exhibit ... Jennifer Taylor (c) 1998 all rights reserved. Please Note: Works can be cited by listing the URL of this site for academic and student use.

63. BBC - History - Greeks What were they afraid of? BBCi Links. Schools Ancient greece Enjoy cartoons, explore maps and read original texts. Ancient greece for kids. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/index.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index WEDNESDAY 9th June 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! The inventors of democracy The Greeks were politicians, philosophers, scientists and artists. Find out how their civilisation has affected modern society. Echoes of Atlantis by Dr Iain Stewart Atlantis and its catastrophic downfall is one of science's most enduring controversies. Investigate the myth of a lost city. The Democratic Experiment by Professor Paul Cartledge Was this the beginnings of 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'? Critics and Critiques of Ancient Athenian Democracy by Professor Paul Cartledge Follow the debate raised by Athenian critics. What were they afraid of? BBCi Links Schools - Ancient Greece Enjoy cartoons, explore maps and read original texts. Ancient Greece for kids.

64. Browse Topics: Greece - History - 500-404 B.c., Classical Period You selected greece history - 500-404 Bc, Classical Period, 4 items. Lives of women in classical Athens, greece - history - 500-404 Bc, Classical Period; http://infocus.sl.nsw.gov.au/res/sublist.cfm?subName=GREECE - HISTORY - 500-404

65. ThinkQuest : Library : Ancient Mediterranean History Ancient history Map Timeline Egypt greece Rome Authors Thinkquest. greece. The history of Ancient greece. Timeframe. Map of greece. Sources Used. http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/greece.html

Index Ancient Mediterranean History Greece, the Roman Empire, and Egypt are the three areas explored at the Ancient Mediterranean History site. Here you'll find their histories, along with photos of ancient artifacts. Time lines emphasize the important historical dates for each of the three geographic areas. Maps show the territory of each country and how it has changed throughout the years. A bibliography is included. Visit Site 1997 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Languages English Students Stefan B. Gretna High School, Gretna, NE, United States Stuart Omaha North High School, Omaha, NE, United States Christopher E. Omaha North High School, Omaha, NE, United States Coaches Jerome Gretna Public Schools, Gretna, NE, United States Jerome Gretna Public Schools, Gretna, NE, United States Leslee Gretna Public Schools, Gretna, NE, United States Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site.

66. MapZones.com History greece, history, Back to Top. The Greek War of Independence began in 1821 and concluded in 1830 when England, France, and Russia forced http://www.mapzones.com/world/europe/greece/historyindex.php

Country Info Greece Introduction Greece General Data Greece Maps Greece Culture ... Greece Time and Date Greece History Back to Top The Greek War of Independence began in 1821 and concluded in 1830 when England, France, and Russia forced the Ottoman Empire to grant Greece its independence under a European monarch, Bavarian prince Otto. He was deposed 30 years later, and the Great Powers chose a prince of the Danish House of Glucksberg as his successor. He became George I, King of the Hellenes. At independence, Greece had an area of 47,515 square kilometers (18,346 square mi.), and its northern boundary extended from the Gulf of Volos to the Gulf of Arta. Under the influence of the "Meagali Idea," of expanding the Greek state to include all areas of Greek population, Greece aquired the Ionian Islands in 1864; Thessaly and part of Epirus in 1881; Macedonia, Crete, Epirus, and the Aegean Islands in 1913; Western Thrace in 1918; and the Dodecanese Islands in 1947. Greece entered World War I in 1917 on the side of the Allies. After the war, Greece took part in the Allied occupation of Turkey, where many Greeks still lived. In 1921, the Greek army marched toward Ankara, but was defeated by Turkish forces led by Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) and forced to withdraw. In a forced exchange of populations, more than 1.3 million Christian refugees from Turkey poured into Greece, creating enormous challenges for the Greek economy and society. Greek politics, particularly between the two world wars, involved a struggle for power between monarchists and republicans. Greece was proclaimed a republic in 1924, but George II returned to the throne in 1935. A plebiscite in 1946 upheld the monarchy, which was finally abolished by referendum on December 8, 1974.

67. Bank Of Greece - History The Bank of greece began operations in May 1928 with a staff of 500 persons. THE LAW FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE BANK OF greece. http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/history.htm

The Building The Emblem THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FIRST YEARS The Bank of Greece was established in accordance with the Geneva Protocol of 15 September 1927 and began operations on 15 May 1928. The proposal to establish a central bank was put forward by the League of Nations in order to support the Greek government' s efforts at overcoming serious economic and budgetary problems. Until the establishment of the Bank of Greece, central banking functions had been exercised by the major commercial bank, the National Bank of Greece, which had been founded in 1841 and had gradually acquired a monopoly over note issue. In the view of the League of Nations, the National Bank of Greece was involved in conflicts of interest and other incompatibilities in conducting a public policy function like the note issue alongside its commercial banking business. Assets (mainly gold and government debt) and liabilities (the note issue and mainly government deposits) were transferred from the National Bank to the new central bank. The Bank of Greece began operations in May 1928 with a staff of 500 persons. Subsequently the Bank opened a number of branches and agencies serving mainly to supply currency locally as well as to disburse and / or to collect funds for the government accounts. On 4 April 1938 the headquarters of the Bank was moved to its present location.

68. The History Of Plumbing - Greece PlumbingSupplier. BACK theplumber theplumber to International Toilet history in India and the World. The history of Plumbing greece. Until http://www.theplumber.com/greek.html

since 1995 this page has been sponsored by: to International Toilet History in India and the World The History of Plumbing - Greece U ntil Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, rampaged through and destroyed the city in 432 B.C., Olynthus was a rich and flourishing metropolis, its people enjoying the luxury of the latest plumbing innovation-bathtubs. Excavations at Olynthus, in northern Greece, attest to tiled bathrooms and self-draining tubs. Several of the tubs have survived intact, shaped like present-day models though with one sloping end cut off. It is assumed that underground piping was made of since deteriorated clay, as there was no lead piping found. At this stage the early plumbers were still toying with a new metal, lead. Indeed one tub uncovered in a tiled bathroom was repaired with lead clamps. (Archaeologists also found the skeletal remains of a woman near the tub, her jewelry evidently overlooked by Philip's soldiers as they plundered the town.) From the shapes of the ancient tubs uncovered, the bathers apparently sat upright and rested their feet on a depression formed at the bottom. No doubt they were influenced by Hippocrates, the "father of medicine," who said that sitting in a tub was more healthy than reclining. Hippocrates also advocated cold water baths as a cure for almost any ill. The Greeks followed his advice very carefully.

69. GREECE - Mythology History Ancient greece, the cradle of western civilisation, was a land of small citystates Here, for a brief moment in the long history of humanity, men of genius http://www.hol.gr/greece/grkpg1.htm

Ancient Greece, the cradle of western civilisation, was a land of small city-states whose people shared a language and a set of religious beliefs . Here, for a brief moment in the long history of humanity, men of genius, men of spirit, men of vision lived, created and set foundations. Words that they spoke more than 2,000 years ago are still vital and inspiring today. Before the Greeks came into the Mediterranean world, man was primarily oriented toward death and built his monuments in honor of death. The zigurats of Babylon and the pyramids of Egypt testify to the hold of death upon these early civilizations. To the Greeks, however, life is the most significant fact in the world, and human life is the greatest wonder on earth. The Greeks were the first people to play. Their famous Olympic Games are witness to their boundless enthusiasm for living. Their art speaks of the pleasure they derive from the form of the human body. But the Greeks were also well known for their achievments in sciences such as philosophy and medicine Man was a miracle above the other creatures because he possessed what they called logos. Logos in Greek means a word by which a thought is expressed. It can also mean the thought itself, or reason. The Greeks were the first people to say that the world was knowable, because they believed in man's power of reason. They had no idea of changing their own life or the world around them through the knowledge acquired by reason. The world was something to be understood and admired as it was. Through understanding the nature of the universe and the nature of man, a Greek believes he has the key to understanding man's own place in the scheme of things.

70. Magnesia Greece, History And Christianity, Pelion, Hotels In Pelion, Pelio, Wint Magnesia greece has a long history. Alternative tourism, winter greece, snow ski, activities, travel greece. Accommodation Hotels , Magnesia history. http://www.thegreektravel.com/pelion/history.html

Magnesia History Magnesia Prefecture Touring Pelion Volos - Olympic City History ... Hotels Pelion Seaside villages Agios Ioannis Afissos Damouhari Horefto ... Trikeri Island Pelion Mountain Villages Agios Dimitrios Argalasti Kissos Makrynitsa ... Zagora Magnesia was among the first areas in Greece to be inhabited . Archaeologists have brought to light mesolithic finds from the Sarakinos cave, neolithic settlements such as Dimini and Sesklo, as well as for- gotten Mycenaean cities that played an important role during the Bronze Age. All these discoveries prove that distinguished cities were found in the district around pre- sent day Volos and that they reached their peak during the Mycenaean era. Among them there was the legendary Iolkos , capital of Mycenaean Thessaly and site of today's Volos. It was from here that the Argo set off with Jason and the Argonauts for the distant shores of the Black Sea in quest of the Golden Fleece. One result of this campaign was to strengthen the maritime empire of that region's bold inhabitands, the Minyans; the other was to broaden the naval horizons of the period. Homer also mentions the participation of Iolkos in the Trojan War , along with the other Magnesian cities, among which is listed Phthia, the birthplace of Achilles. After the Mycenean era, the cities of Magnesia began to decline and by the 4th century BC, the province was just an insignificant province of Macedonia. During the course of Greek history, however, certain cities linked by a common characteristic -their proximity to the Pagasitic gulf- restored a measure of its gold glory to the region. For example, one can cite Pagases, which flourished particularly during the 5th century BC; Dimitrias, founded in the 3rd century BC; Phthiotic Thebes, an important city during the early Christian era; and Almiros, a powerful commercial centre of the 12th century.

71. Columbus World Travel Guide - Europe - Greece - History And Government World Travel Guide greece - history and Government - includes information on the constitution and politics. http://www.travel-guide.com/data/grc/grc580.asp

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72. Greece's History Of Flight Additionally, Greeks took part in the first naval cooperation mission in history above the in his Nieuport aircraft in 1912 in the first ever flight in greece. http://www.flight100.org/history/greece.html

GREECE The tradition of Greek aviation begins in Greek mythology. In the palace of Knossos in Crete, King Minos was holding captive Daidalus, an ingenius engineer and architect who had designed the palace. The only way for Daidalus and his son Icarus to escape the palace was to fly away using wings made of feathers and wax. However, during the flight to freedom, Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings. The sea where he crashed and met his death was named Icarian and is part of the Aegean. True Greek aviation began much later-in 1911 when the Ministry of Military requested applications from officers to be trained in aviation. Four officers were selected and trained in France while the first military aircraft was ordered from the French firm, Farman. Several records were achieved in the next few years, including a world record flying height of 3,100 meters in 1912 and a speed record of 110 kilometers per hour in a hydroplane that same year. Additionally, Greeks took part in the first naval cooperation mission in history above the Dardanelles in January of 1913 during the Balkan Wars. Greek military aviators participated in many other wars, including the Hellenic-Turkish War (1919), World Wars I and II, and Korea. Today, the Hellenic Armed Forces, equipped with the most technologically advanced aircraft, continues that tradition.

73. The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book ACT I PREMIER JOURNEY to the multicultural Ancient World weaving through the history, culture, peoples and lands of Egypt, greece, Rome, Mesopotamia. http://www.omnibusol.com/ancient.html

THE AMAZING ANCIENT WORLD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: ACT I This Internet Book visited 14, 862,401 times since April 1997 (as of 12/2000) The PREMIER JOURNEY to The Ancient World, weaving together the Peoples of those lands and civilizations and the way they lived and - their thoughts, their hopes, their dreams, their lives. What is the Ancient World? Greece, Rome, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Sumer, Nubia, Persia, Byzantium, Turkey? Or is it Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hebrews, Hittites, Akkadians, Etruscans, Minoans? Is it Alexander, Plato, Virgil, Socrates, Hammurabi, Aristotle, Nefertiti, the Pharaohs, Emperors, Caesar, Cleopatra, Sargon, Akhenaton, the Black Athena, Homer? Or is it the dinosaurs, Stonehenge, hunters, slaves, women, rulers, soldiers, or the Iliad, the Aeneid, the Odyssey, the Olympics? Is it found in the ruins, temples, forums, pyramids or in the remnants of ordinary life? Explore through this Web Book and the Online College Course. Ancient Civilization did not begin in what we think of as the West. It did not start in Paris or Berlin or London or Prague or Brussels or Stockholm. It grew out of the Mediterranean breezes, the sun and desert of Northern Africa, the Persian and West Asian lands. To study Ancient Civilization is to travel - across parts of Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to India. It is a linking voyage, not a reducing trip. It CONNECTS peoples, ideas, patterns, developments, organizations, wars, religions, art, architecture, food and drink. It is a human endeavor about a human story.

74. 35th International Chemistry Olympiad Athens, 514 July 2003. Final results, history, program, syllabus, preparatory problems, and participating countries. http://www.35icho.uoa.gr/

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75. The Ancient City Of Athens of ancient Athens (greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students of classical art archaeology, civilization, languages, and history at Indiana http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/

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76. Museums Of Macedonia, Greece — History, Folklore, And Natural History Muse The history and folklore sections occupy the upper storeys of the museum. a collection of radios (1930–60), traditional costumes from all over greece, and a http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/Anthropological_and_Nat_History/Istor_Laogr_Koz

9-11, I. Dragoumi St. GR - 501 00 Kozani, Macedonia, Greece Daily: 09.00-14.00, 17.30-20.30 Adults: GRD 200 Children and senior citizens: GRD 100 The museum belongs to the Kozani Literature and Arts Association. It was founded in 1969 and has been housed in a six-storey building constructed in the traditional West Macedonian style in Kozani town centre since 1987. A new four-storey building was erected nearby in 1993. Through the museum, the Association hopes to preserve the monuments and other aspects of Greek heritage in the Kozani area and in Western Macedonia more generally. In the basement of the main building are the natural history collections, which include 220 medicinal and aromatic plants, rocks, minerals, insects, petrified tree trunks, animals, and fossilised marine species, a reconstruction of a small cave near Polymylos with stalactites and stalagmites, and various species of local flora and fauna. One showcase displays examples of teratogenesis in the animal world. On the ground floor, which is an interior courtyard, are a traditional oven, a well, and reconstructions of the life of farmers and woodcutters. The history and folklore sections occupy the upper storeys of the museum. On the first and second floors, visitors learn about the evolution of culture in the Kozani area from Neolithic to modern times, and about the struggles waged by the Greek people in the twentieth century. th th The museum runs educational programmes for schoolchildren, involving guided tours and games.

77. Museums Of Macedonia, Greece — History And Ethnographical Museum Of The Ca GR 640 06 Nea Karvali, Kavala prefecture, Macedonia, greece. 9.00–13.00, 17.00–20.30 daily. Adults GRD 500 Children GRD 300. (++30) 2510 316192. http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/Folklore/Istor_Ethnogr_Kappadokias.html

GR 640 06 Nea Karvali, Kavala prefecture, Macedonia, Greece Adults: GRD 500 Children: GRD 300 kentro@stegi-karvalis.gr http://www.stegi-karvalis.gr/ Cappadocian lyre Womens traditional dresses tsouhades (rugs decorated with lions and plane leaves) for holidays and weddings; the Cappadocian lyre known as the kemeni lik-lik that were used as water and wine pitchers. The treasures from the Cappadocian churches which the refugees brought with them in 1924 are very important, as are the old newspapers, periodicals, and schoolbooks written in karamanlidika , Turkish in Greek script. All this reflects the lifestyle of the Greek population which lived in the depths of Asia Minor, particularly in Karvali in Cappadocia. There are also some showcases displaying artefacts of the culture of the Hettae, an ancient culture which developed in Cappadocia. The museum runs educational programmes for schoolchildren, mainly on the theme of rugs and rug-making. Artefacts of the culture Traditional tools Macedonian Heritage

78. World History Compass, Ancient Greek History Links to sites and resources for Ancient greece civilization. http://www.WorldHistoryCompass.com/greece.htm

World History Compass Home Page New Links About WHC Support WHC Main Index General and International History Ancient Egypt Ancient, General ... Museums Search WHC Ancient Greece Alexander the Great Williams College. Ancient City of Athens A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). Indiana University. Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites on the World-Wide Web The Ancient Greek World University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius University of Virginia Health System. Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth Contains collections of prehistoric finds, various items ranging from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period, Roman and Byzantine finds, excavation finds from the Asklepieion of Corinth, and a collection of sculptures and inscriptions. Archimedes A collection of Archimedean miscellanea, containing descriptions, sources, and illustrations of all aspects of Archimedes' life, including the siege of Syracuse, the death of Archimedes, Archimedes' tomb, Archimedes' screw, and much more. Drexel University. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. A joint effort of the American Philological Association and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

79. WWW-VL History Index: Ancient Greeks Iron Age Polis CityState; Archaic Age greece Lake Forest CollegeÕs history page, timeline and bibliography; The Archaic Age and http://www.westernculture.com/ancientgreeks.html

WWW-VL HISTORY: ANCIENT GREEKS Click here for: The World-Wide Web Virtual Library (WWW-VL) Main Catalog The WWW-VL search facility. The WWW-VL History Central Catalogue The Western Culture Home Page Increase the font size from your browser's VIEW menu. Acropolis, Athens Aeschines, Text Aeschines, About Aeschylus, Text ... Xenophon, About Research Tools Search Tools Argos Limited Area Search Engine of Antiquity Classical Search Engines A Glossary of Literary Terms andA Handbook of Rhetorical Devices The Perseus Project: Greek and Latin Synonym Tool The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature ... The Perseus Project: The all-in-one site for information on ancient Mediterranean The Perseus Project: Encyclopedia: Table of Contents The Perseus Project: Texts in English Searchable Tools: Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology (Univ.of Mich) Rhetorical Figures with Examples Maps Aegean Map of Greece - clickable Map of Ancient Greece - clickable Classical Atlas Project Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Map of Hellas - clickable ... Map of Ancient Greece - The way they saw it!

80. Greece, History Of Ancient Greece, Alexander The Great By Plutarch A history of Ancient greece (Greeks) from the Dorians to Alexander including their cities, Philosophy, Government, Contributions, rise and decline. http://ragz-international.com/alexander_the_great.htm

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