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Magnificent Megara By Megan Kownurko,

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Magnificent Megara. By Megan Kownurko , . Geography. Megara is coastal. Its in the northern part of the Isthmus of Corinth. Megara is very mountainous. Summers in Megara were very hot and dry, and Winters were cold and rainy. Stable food source. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Magnificent Megara

By Megan Kownurko,

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Geography Megara is coastal.

Its in the northern part of the Isthmus of Corinth.

Megara is very mountainous.

Summers in Megara were very hot and dry, and Winters were cold and rainy.

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Stable food source Megarians used irrigation to help farm their

unfertile land.

Some food that was common in Megara is: Olives, Grapes, Figs, Olive Oil, Fish, Wine, and Grape Juice.

They also raised some goats too so that they also had milk and cheese.

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Government Megara had a Democracy

That meant that the citizens had a lot of personal freedom.

Megarians had many similarities to Corinth because they took many of Corinth’s ideas.

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Religion Megarians had a very similar religion to other

Greek city states. Megarians believed in the same gods as all the

other Greeks. Megarians believed in 12 main Gods and

Goddesses The God that Megara mainly worshipped is Zeus

King of the Gods In addition to Zeus they also worshipped Hades,

Hermes, and PosideonSymbols such as the lightening bolt showed that Zeus was the king of the Sky

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Architecture Megarians had an acropolis that mountain that

rises above their Agora They had temples that people said were gorgeous There are walls around Megara that were made in

ancient time that are still there today.

Notice the columns that were on this temple, they were also invented by Greeks.

Note the Pediment which was invented by Greeks.

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Social Structure Jobs mostly Involved trading.

Megarians has their own currency

There also were farmers.

Not much is known about their social structure.

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The Arts There isn’t much of a record on Meagarian arts,

but there were many textiles and forms

Boys were trained in art

Here is an image of a ancient Megarain bowl

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Writing Just like all of the city states Merarians spoke

Greek.

Megarans wrote in Greek too.

Euclid of Megara was a philosapher.

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Technology Megara copied many things from Corinth so not

much was invented there.

Megara had its own coins which is an example of an idea taken from Corinth

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Legacy Megara was pretty well known for its wool,

horses, livestock, and coins.

Megara was a big trade route so it was good for trading.

Megara was very well known for its various textiles.

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WORKS CITED http://greece.mrdonn.org/megara.html