Greek+Geography

Ancient Greece Geography By:chs1caitlin

The mainland is located at the southern end of the Balkans; the Peloponnesus peninsula. Which separated by the Isthumus of Corinth and about 3000 islands including: · Crete · Rhodes · Kos · Euboea · Dodecanese · Cycladic groups of the Aegean sea and Ionian sea.

democracy was started by the athens, which they prized so much. in Asia and Africa, 26 centuries ago kings had complete over the subjects. all of greece spoke the same languages and workshiped the same gods. ever city was small,separates nations with its own laws. greece had no federal government. A wealthy merchant named Solon was choosen to revise the laws and in order of giving the citizens more rights. About 90 years after Solon revised the laws of athens, a noble man named Cleisthenes reformed his constitution again, giving all citizens the rich and poor, a chance to take part of the government. The supreme athority was an assembbly of 500 men. Everycitizen had a chace to become a member.