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
