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The Greek Migration
• Greek farmers no longer grew enough grain to feed everyone.
• Scarcity: Not enough resources• Each polis sent out groups of landless
unemployed to establish colonies to solve the problem of scarcity
Greek Religion
• Mythology• 12 Gods live on Mount Olympus• Rituals: ceremonies so that the Gods would
look favorable on them.Oracle: Sacred Shrine where Gods or Goddesses
revealed the future though a priest
Greek Drama
• Stories about life acted out• Tragedies: 1st Greek Plays– Themes that are still relevant today
• Comedy develops later