Ancient Greece
Across
- 4. The first one was located in the Greek/Egyptian kingdom of Alexandria. It had three layers with a bright beacon on top.
- 5. A revolutionary invention used all over the world for the purpose of metal shaping, agriculture and most importantly, milling.
- 6. Greek tales that are still read today.
- 7. One of the most commonly used gadgets used these days that originated in Greece. Although today they usually come already on phones.
- 8. The study and practice of making maps.
- 10. One of the greatest sports spectacles that has been around for 2700 years.
- 12. God of the sky, lightning, thunder, and justice whose spouse was Hera and children were Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hermes, Heracles, Helen of Troy, and Hephaestus.
- 13. An invention created by Anaximander that incorporated the concept of latitude and longitude on a piece of paper.
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- 1. One style that is still used today is the pillar. The most famous example of this is the Parthenon.
- 2. Athens first started out with a monarchy and then advanced to an oligarchy until it finally reached this.
- 3. The first one was built in Egypt and contained over 700,00 scrolls of work.
- 9. Developed after the Dark Age and originally consisted of 24 letters but now consists of 26.
- 10. One of the most widely used instruments in present day used to measure the distance traveled by a vehicle such as a bicycle or any other automobile.
- 11. God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses whose spouse was Amphitrite and children were Orion, Triton, Theseus, and Polyphemus.