Ancient GreeceThe Greeks were the greatest (great) sailors of their time. Greece has oneexcellent ()41_- (nature) feature—the coastline.That's why many Greeks left themountains and ()42_ (take) to the sea.The ancient Greeks have()43_(give) the world many ideas about life and how to liveit. The idea of democracy(民主) started in Greece. So did many ideas of science, religion and()44 _ (govern). But these ideas did not come out of Greece as a whole. Instead, they grewup in()45_ (differ) cities throughout the Greek Empire.The cities of Greece grew up in valleys near the sea.Each city was()46(separate)from the others by mountains. The roads ()47__(connect) the cities were narrow andwinding. Each city governed itself in its own way. And the()48_ (citizen) of eachcity were very proud of its way of life. In fact, each city was ()49_ (real) an independentstate. Such places are called city-states by ()50_(politics) scientists.
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