Greek Government

In Ancient Greece, each city-state was governed a different way, especially Sparta and Athens. They had the biggest difference in government.

In Sparta, two rulers were responsible for Sparta and the purpose of that was one of the men watched and made sure the other man was acting responsibly and gentlemanly. Also in Sparta, the present ruler picked the future ruler and usually it was a relative of them.

In Athens, the wealthy men of Athens were the only ones allowed to vote. Athens was the only city in Greece that allowed their citizens to vote in a system called democracy. This was unlike Sparta or any other state. Slaves or women were not allowed to vote and Greece was the only country that used the democracy system.

Greek Food

In greece farming was very important, without farming the Greeks no longer would survive. So many Greek foods are grown by farmers. Olives were very important to the Greeks because the olives were not only used to eat but for olive oil, soap and shampoo. Olives were important because of all the things you could do with them.

In Ancient Greece there was a delicacy called black pudding. Black pudding was a mix of blood and fat. It was very greasy and bubbley and it was very expensive at Greek restaurants.

Other common food in Ancient Greece was sea food, like octopus, eel and fish. The greeks were also very big on goat. The normal meal for a Greek family was usually fruit or vegtables for an appetizer and sea food, fish or goat for the main coarse. For dessert they usually had black pudding.