ancient Greece notes

an introduction to a great civilization 
the world's greatest civilizations all located on water (usually rivers)
Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates
Egypt- Nile
India- Indus
china- Huang he

culture of the mountains and the sea
a geographical look at Greece
    Greece's geography

  • note the significance of Greece's geography
  • describe Greece's topography
  • look at Greece's surroundings
identify: Aegean sea, Ionian sea, Adriatic sea, peloponnesus, Athens, Sparta, Crete, Asia minor, Macedonia   

geography/ its significance
  • Greece is a mountainous peninsula
mountains cover three quarters of Greece
  • 2000 islands in the Ionian and Aegean sea
  • these shaped Greece's culture: many sailors and ship builders along with farmers, metal workers, weavers, and potters
  • poor and limited natural resources-needed trade
  • difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain
  • developed small, independent communities (city-states) who they were loyal to
even more geography
  • quarter of peninsula is arable (sustainable for farming)
  • Greek diet consists of grain, grapes, olives, and fish
  • lack of resources led to colonization
  • temperatures ranged from mid 40's in the winter and low 80's in the summer 

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