The Olympic Games helped out ancient civilization because it helped them keep track of time like for example if a person knew what time the Olympic stared but didn't know what time it was it would help him figure out what time it is. Another reason for having the Olympics is that it is religious for instance they were held to honor the Greek gods. Also they are good for entertainment because in the old days they didn't have TV nor computer also they didn't have any sports except chariot racing and horse back riding. My first reason that the Olympics helped out ancient civilization because it helped them keep track of time, days, weeks, months, years. By that I mean it like their calendar. The first Olympiad and Olympic games could only