Reflection on Ancient Greece

After studying about ancient Greece, I learned many things which I find very interesting. For example, when we studied the Spartans and the Athenians, there was a huge difference between them, even though they were located in the same region. Sparta was more focused on its military so it had a very strong army. This meant that from a very young age, children had to be prepared to go to the army. When children were born, only the healthy babies were kept, while the other ones were left to die. This is like the opposite of Athens, which was focused mainly on education. Although it had a strong navy, its army was weak, since it was made up of citizens that went to war only when needed. Athens focused on democracy, philosophy, literature and art. Another thing that I learned is that the people of ancient Greece were religious believing in many Gods which according to them lived on Mt. Olympus. They often held many festivals and ceremonies in their honor, such as the Olympics which honored Zeus, the leader of the gods. All in all, I really enjoyed this unite and I learned many new things like about the Greek gods.