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Well recognized ancient Greek city known for its stunning take on democracy.

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Early Athens would have looked similar to this image.

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Government was an important part of life in Athens.

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Sacrifice was a crucial part of Athenian lifestyle as the ancient Greek had many gods and therefore had a hard time appeasing all of them.

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Ancient Athenian lifestyle was very different to to the modern lifestyle we have today. For instance women in ancient Athens had no right to decide who they were to marry, nor get jobs or vote for a leader. Nowadays, however, women play a crucial part in Athenian society and bear many important decisions.
It is hard to understand just how devoted Athenians were to their gods; they made sacrifices to them daily (especially to Athena, the goddess of reason, intelligence, arts and literature). These sacrifices mainly consisted of the lives of animals such as cows and goats.

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Athenian education was a big part of  the Athenian culture as it was the prime interest of their main goddess, Athena.
Athenian education cultivated the minds of young people,  making them useful to their fellow citizens and their trades.

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Athenian government was the foundations of modern government today. it was the first real democracy man had seen and, for this reason, it is still renowned for its greatness.

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Gods and goddesses played a great part in Greek lifestyle. Some of the more important gods were: Zeus (god of the sky), Hera (goddess of families), Poseidon (god of the sea), Athena (goddess of wisdom and war),  Apollo (god of the sun) Artemis (goddess of the moon), Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Hades (god of the underworld).