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=The Olimpic Games= BY:Martin Stanys and Colin Pfotenhauer =The Olympic games started in 775BC.It was called the Olympic games because it was held in a city-state called Olympia. People have the Olympic games to honor their god Zeus, the father of all gods. Inside the temple was a statue of Zeus.People say the statue was very tall.In the 9th century B.C.the Olimpic Truce was established, when three kings agreed not to fight during the Olimpic games.During the Truce period the athlets, thier families and other pilgrims could travle to Olimpia safly.Thier safty was gerinted even on thier way home. First women could not participate in the Olimpic games. The Hera games were the first Olimpic games when men and women could participate. In 393AD the games were stopped by Theodosius 1.It was continued in 1896.Can you believe no one held the Olimpic games for so long?= ==The Ancient Greece Olmpic games had many events. They had running horse raceing, boxing javelin ,discuss, and many more. Those are just some of the games that people all around the world competed in. If the contender won they would receive a wreath and they would yell out their families and where they live. Many people wanted to win the event that they were participating in, some of those people are Aurelious (junior boxing) Acanthus of Sparta (running) Milo (wrestling) and Thegenes of the Thasos (pankation). Everyone wanted their city to win the event.The games were held every two years. The Greek wanted their city because they were huge sports fans. == [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games#History__] [|__http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/the_olympic_games/__] [|__http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Olympics/__] [|__http://greece.mrdonn.org/olympics.html__] [|__http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecesports1.html__] [|__http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/olympicgames.htm__] [|__http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/sports.htm__] __[]__

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