What Was It Like to Live in Ancient Greece?

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The culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day people all over the world. The ancient Greeks gave birth to democracy, a political system frequently used and considered by some as the best form of government. Great minds from Greece also made incredible and vital discoveries such as the water mill, the basics of geometry and using medicine to cure illness. The ancient Greek philosophers laid the groundwork for a whole new field of thought and study. Ancient Greece offered the foundation of the Olympic games, which still run regularly today. Particularly famous historical figures such as Alexander the Great and Cleopatra also had ties to and roles during Greek history, through the course of wars and empire expansion.

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[simpleton]

I already played Assassin's Creed Odyssey dude so i think i have a pretty good idea on how the ancient greeks lived.

[MikaelaKMajorHistory]

For the abandoned newborns, I’ve also heard that older couples who may not have been able to have children may actually adopt a baby to raise as their child instead of a slave, but this was probably rare.

[Jackx]

I’m so obsessed with Ancient Greece. Everyday I play ac odyssey for hours and trying to build a city of my own in Minecraft referred from ac odyssey and some historical information

[YasugoLiehu]

1:00 "Poor people had _homes_ with _three rooms."_ Ah yes, life was so much harder back then. Now poor people rent half of a single room apartment and probably pay proportionately 10x the amount that the ancient Grecian impoverished would have. But hey, on the upside... there is no upside, modern society is just as much of an unending nightmare for completely different reasons.

[mynamejeff]

I love that they figured out a furnace system but still wiped their asses with rocks 😬

[MTOPGEAR]

Very nicely explained, what I am finding out is the more I learn the more I come to realize I know very little and need to learn more.

[whoisu]

Currently thinking about writing a novel based in the past idk which era I’m gonna go for but research is key.

[savagedarksider]

If you were A beautiful woman or man. Zeus would "get you."

[Rontastik]

This video made me want to play Assassins Creed Odyssey again. :D

[Redmaile]

All I have to say is thanks to modern plumbing, im thankful for the 20th a the 21st century

[dimitrisbam]

I'm Greek and I this is a very accurate video

[chrysavgigeogeo]

I'm glad and shocked that so many people are curious about Greek culture. As a Greek myself these are things they teach us in middle school but i must say that ancient Greece isn't that fascinating. I like Modern Greek history the most.

[mariagr]

The way I'm Greek and watching this

[Dark_angel._]

Hello people a greek person here so HELLO GREETINGS FROM GREECE

[brunoir]

12:03 "when the olympic ruins were uncovered" *proceeds to show pictures of the erechteion on the acropolis of athens* ....?

[davidlenghel]

Wait so is the Greek civilization 7000 years old

[iloveturkeytides]

Damn so rich people had temples for houses

[jag]

Actually, Indus River Valley People were known to have running water and plumbing somthing like 4 thousand years before the Greeks

[obi-wanadoobie]

8:20 right hand side I spy a young Arnold Schwarzenegger

[ReubenGeorge]

It’s very history and the toilet is communicate in toilet is very sassy