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Wars were stopped during the Olympics because the Greeks wanted to honor Zeus(the Greek god of gods) with peace.

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the world had bigger problems than seeing who was the most athletic. every major nation was at war

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because they didn't want to have war going on in during the Olympics

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How were the Greek Olympics different from the modern day Olympics?

we did not compete naked but they did and we did not have to stop wars to be in them and women were not aloud to be in the greek Olympics or even see them


Why did the Olympics stop at certain times in history?

Two world wars postponed both the Summer and Winter Olympics until peace allowed then to continue.


What happened in World War 1 Olympics?

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