In Western Civilization class today we read about Greek city states and the war between Athens and Sparta.  Greek city-states had many different forms of government.  The different forms of government were Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, and Direct Democracy.  Unlike the different states in the U.S in Greek these city states weren't s close as our states our.  We also have one type of government and theirs varied for different city states.  Athens built a type of limited democracy.  Which means their government was mainly ruled by the people.  The first step towards their democracy was when a nobleman named Draco took power.  He developed a law code in which every Athenian person were equal to each other under the law.  Mostly, only sons of wealthy families received an education in Athens.  The schooling mainly started around age 7.  Sparta, on the other hand built more of a military state.  Sparta's government had several branches.  An assembly which included all Spartan citizens gathered to meet, and vote on issues.  Boys were supposed to grow up in the military until the age of 60.  Boys left their home at the age of 7, and moved into army barracks until they were 30.  Girls and Men were both expected to put lover for Sparta over love for their family.

Today in Western Civilization class we learned about ancient Greece and civilization. The world's greatest civilization, are all located on water, usually rivers.  Mesopotamia/ Tigrus and Euphrates river. Egypt/ Nile River. India/ Indus River. China/ Hounghe.  Water uses: Drinking, bathing, irrigation, transportation. Ionian Sea- South Part in between Italy and Greece.  Adriatic Sea- North Part in  between Greece and Italy.  Aegean Sea- Sea in between Greece and Asia Minor.  The people in ancient Greece knew how to use metal: iron, bronze- to make swords, armor, and spears.  20% of the total land of ancient Greece was arable back then.  Greek Diet- Grains, Grapes, wine, Olives.
Healthy diet and active people led to the invention of the Olympics.  The climate back then was no warmer than 80 degrees in summer, never got colder than 40 degrees.  The Greeks were able to learn many other things from surrounding cultures.

Today in class we read and took notes on Greece.  The notes I took, involve some landscape, history, some war history, and other interesting facts from our textbook. some main themes include the war with Troy, myths that the Greeks created, and the landscape of Greece.
Mycenaeans- Some of the people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
During the 12000 BC the Mycenaeans fought a ten year war against Troy, an independent trading city, in Anatolia.  Greece has many rugged mountains, and they cover about three fourths of Greece.  The mountains mainly ran from the northwest to southeast along the Balkan Peninsula.  The Greeks developed a rich set of myths, or traditional stories, about their gods. The greeks beloved in many gods and goddesses for many different things in everyday life.