Athens

Athens is located in the southeast of mainland Greece, is built around the acropolis. Acropolis is a fortress originally built on the hill for shelter when the danger of enemy attack is being threatened. But then the acropolis became the place to build the temples. Acropolis is a compound word that came from Greek, "acros" which means the highest or peak and the "policy" which means city.

Athens is temperate and dry, average temperature of 7 degrees Celsius in winter and 27 degrees Celsius in summer. State of Athens has a very wide fields around town. Farming is the most honorable livelihood for people of Athens. They planted wheat and vegetables such as beans, red onion, garlic and leeks. In addition to plant them that a lot of apples, pomegranates, figs, dates, olives and so forth. There are also people who keep sheep Athens, but the work is not noble herding farming. Horses almost does not exist in Athens, as well as ox is a very rare animal.

Although farming is the most noble job in the eyes of Athens, but not agriculture that make the city state of Athens became prosperous. What makes Athens was prosperous silver mines at Laurium which began cultivated since the beginning of the 5th century BC that produces silver is very abundant. Silver mining was also the main underlying and supporting the most important for the entire financial policy in the reign of Pericles.
 

Field of industry and commerce are also involved in general prosperity of Athens in the hands of foreign businessmen, though of course there are entrepreneurs themselves citizens of Athens. Foreign businessmen are free people but they do not have the same rights and obligations in the field of politics by citizens of the State.

The foreign businessmen in general manage the shoe industry, household furniture, etc.., even some that manage the weapons industry. The factory was built at that time was not as big as the factory was built on the present. Shield of the largest factory in Athens at that time had only one hundred and twenty workers some people, but worth noting is the orderly division of labor and employment in accordance with his expertise has been applied properly. Banking business in Athens is not so developed, there are only a few small banks operated by the private party.