Thebes Birthplace of Hercules

3000 BCE – 338 BCE

By Harry Green

Location

• Climate Hot and dry summers Not much rain

• Geography On a plain 215 meters above sea level Acropilis

Food

• Farmed Olives Grapes Fish

• Traded for Cheese Pork Wheat Barley

Government

• Oligarchy Few leaders Rich people (Aristocrats) ruled Poor people didn’t have much say Switched to

Religion

• Beliefs May gods Titans Underworld

• Effects Pottery Ceremonies Sacrifice animals Built temples

Architecture

• Temple of Apollo• Covered walkways or porticos• Theaters• Agoras • Clay, bricks, and stone

Social structure

Jobs• Most jobs were similar to what we

have now Some were Baker Priest Merchant Carpenter Men and women had different jobs

Social classes• Upper• Middle • Lower• Slaves It varies from city state to city state but mostly women were not treated the same as men

Arts

• Painted pictures• Made pottery• Sculpted sculptures• Built temples and other buildings

Writing

• Linear B• Wrote on tablets• Scribes wrote

Technology and Legacy

• Spears• Short swords

• They were a ware like city that did very well

• Was the birthplace of Hercules