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• Location: usually lies in the middle of a plain, or on a plateau.  Most people choose an acropolis that is near a dependent and reliable water source,  so that their civilizatoin can grow and flourish.
• Has porched columns to hold up the ceiling
• Made of marble
• Ramps are used to get up the acropolis
• Propylon: gate entryway
• Patterns on the ceiling
• The acropolis usually had the primary municipal and religious buildings on it.
• The Greeks centered their life around the acropolis, both geographically and spiritually. 
• The Greeks used an acropolis for their building site, because it was usually quite high, and they could easily see anything approaching.  Also, it gave them an advantage to their enemies, because they would be above them, while fighting. 
• The city-states were all very proud and protective of themselves, and being high up on a hill, would have helped them in timems of war and strife, if an enemy were approaching.
• Also, an acropolis held, "natural mysteries-caves, springs, copses, and glens," that probably suggested that gods dwelled there.
• The Parthenon was built from 447 BCE to 432 BCE.

Bibliography 

Cartledge, Paul. Ancient Greece. N.p.: Cambridge, 1998.

Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Acropolis.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 4 Dec. 2008 <http://school.eb.com/‌eb/‌article-9003589>.

Gale Student Research Center Gold. “Parthenon Built.” Gale Student Research Center Gold. 2003.  8 Dec. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/‌srcx/‌tab.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C22%2529the%2Bathenian%2Bacropolis%2524&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C22%29the+athenian+acropolis%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=Relevance&tabID=T001&sgCurrentPosition=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=SRC-1&searchId=R2&displaySubject=&userGroupName=aust33615&prevSubject=&searchType=BasicSearchForm.