I. Greek civilization was really a combination of many different city-states that developed around the Aegean Sea.

2. Although the city states shared a common culture, many of their other systems were different.

3. Because of their diversity and their travels around the Mediterranean their civilization was spread throughout the world.

4. Although the Greeks left us many physical structures like the Parthenon, much of the legacy of the Greeks is non- tangible, in their ideas, represented in their writings and their art.

5. They had a higher standard of living than other civilizations of their time. (They lived longer, in better conditions, had more than enough food to live, children lived longer, others seemed to want what they had, other civilizations looked to Greek philosophers and teachers to tutor their children) They were a "successful" civilization.

6. People were treated with more respect than in other civilizations of the time.