Ancient Greek civilization survived thousands of years ago. It was situated near the Mediterranean. The Greeks ruled that area for a long period of time. The time of the utmost success for the Greek civilization was during the reign of Alexander the great. Alexander the great ruled many parts of Europe and western Asia. The Greeks became very powerful during this time. The famous roman culture is also influenced by the Greeks because the Romans came after the Greeks. The western culture has its foundation laying on ancient Greece. There are many things adopted from the ancient Greek civilization, for example, mathematics, literature, arts, sports, and philosophy.

The two main cities of the ancient Greek civilization were Sparta and Athens. They were considered as rivals as well. This is because they had the responsibility to protect the Greek land from the possible invaders. These two cities were very different from each other. They had an extremely different culture and lifestyle. Sparta was the city that was all about war and fight. They had the best soldiers whereas the city of Athens also focused on different aspects of life such as arts and literature.

The ancient Greek civilization had many interesting factors. The yo-yo that kids play with these days was invented by the Greeks. It is the second oldest toy after the doll. There were many slaves in the city. Almost one-third of the population of the Greek civilization was slaves. Most people believe that Athens and Sparta were the only two cities of the great Greek civilization. That is not true and the Greek civilization had almost a hundred cities in its control. The culture of Rome was inspired and influenced by the Greeks. The religion, architecture, and language were the main things that Romans copied from the Greeks.