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What Buildings Were in a Typical Greek City?

Although each city in ancient Greece had its

own unique structures, each city also had

buildings that were similar across the land.

Agora: The center of activity in each city.

Acropolis: The highest point in large cities

that was used to defend the city.

Temples: The places for worshipping gods.

Theater: The place for plays during festivals.

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece

How Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Our Life Today?

• Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

• The Greek thinker Hippocrates did experiments to show that disease comes from germs

rather than punishment of the gods. The Hippocratic oath that doctors take today is

named after him.

• It was a Greek who developed the idea of latitude and longitude and made maps using

these important location lines.

• Ancient Greece began the idea of democracy and citizenship, where citizens could vote

and make their voices heard by people who represented them in the government.

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