This is a page of fun facts and surveys about Ancient Greece, which will teach you a few things that you can share with others!
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- Over 4000 years we hardly evolved ourselves, and our medical and surgical skills that we think are "modern" have been around for thousands of years!
- Some people in Ancient Greece wouldn't eat beans, as they thought they contained souls of the dead!
- The city-states were often at war, however for the Olympics they made a temporary truce, so as everyone could travel there safely
- The first two letters of the Greek alphabet were alpha and beta, and this is where we got the word "alphabet" as in alpha and beta
- The Ancient Greeks strived for 700 years, until they were invaded by the Romans
- Ancient Greek children were thought of as youth until the age of around 30
- The proper name of Greece is the Hellenic Republic
- The Olympic games originated in Ancient Greece
- The Ancient Greeks made up many story's to explain things that they didn't already have an answer to, such as the urban myths you might hear. For an example,
- Each Olympics the Greeks would sacrifice 100 bulls to Zeus
- Alexander the great was the first Greek ruler to have his face on their coins. Before his face, they used the faces of gods or goddesses
- When Ancient Greece was at its most power, the civilization went from Russia, all the way to France and Turkey.
Here is a website where you can find plenty more fun facts about Ancient Greece, even though some of them are boring!
http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-greece.html