This is my PowerPoint on similarities and differences between ancient Greece and modern day'

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ANCIENT GREEKS

• This is my PowerPoint on similarities and
  differences between ancient Greece and modern
  day.

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OLYMPICS

• The Greeks invented athletic contests and held
  them in honour of their gods.
• The most famous games were held at Olympia,
  south-west of Greece, which took place every four
  years. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in
  early 700BC, in honour of Zeus.

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• The games at Olympia were greatly expanded from a
  one day festival to five days with many events.
• At Olympia there were four different types of
  races,these consisted of two sprints,long
  distance running,and running in full armour.Used
  to build up speed and stamina for military
  purposes.
• On other days,wrestling,boxing, and horse racing
  took place,along with chariot races.

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• After the horse racing came the Pentathlon,a
  series of five events-sprinting,long
  jumping,javelin hurling,discus throwing and
  wrestling.The ancient Greeks considered the
  rhythm and precision of an athlete throwing the
  discus is as important as his strength. All of
  these sports still remain in the Olympic games
  today.

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DEMOCRACY

• Ancient Greece was one of the largest
  contributors to present day civilization.
• Democracy, Philosophy, Astrology, Biology,
  Mathematics, Physics and the Theatre are only a
  few of its contributors to us.
• Democracy came from the Greek words,demos,meaning
  people and kratein, meaning to rule. This
  form of government was used at a meeting which
  the Greeks called the Assembly.

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One of the first societies was Athens,in
508BC.Athens was named after the Greek goddess of
wisdom and the city's patron Athena.

• The citizens of Athens would meet monthly and
  discuss affairs of state.No decisions were made
  by the government without first asking the
  assembly.There are many similarities with this
  process today,namely the Scottish and Welsh
  Assemblies and the Houses of Parliament.

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Many words and thoughts of great men such as
Plato,Socrates,Pythagaros and Aristotle are still
taught in universities today.