Ancient Greece
During class we took notes on the slide presentation on Ancient Greece
*The world's great civilizations are all located ON WATER
Ex.
- Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates
-Egypt/Nile
-India/Indus
-China/Huang He
*The world's great civilizations are all located ON WATER
Ex.
- Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates
-Egypt/Nile
-India/Indus
-China/Huang He
Culture of the Mountains and the Sea
Greece Geo
KNOW THESE LOCATIONS!
-Aegean Sea
-Ionian Sea
-Adriatic Sea
-Peloponnesus
-Athens
-Sparta
-Crete
-Asia Minor
-Macedonia
Geo Significance
-Mountains make up 3/4 of Greece
-Peninsua
-Ionian + Aegean Seas
-2000 islands
- Must know where islands are or you crash
THESE SHAPED GREEK CULTURE
-Sailors + shipbuilders
-Farmers
-Metalworkers
-Weavers
-Potters
-limited natural resources. They traded
-difficult to unite ancient Greece because of mountainous terrain
-developed small independent communities to combat this
-these are called city states
-people loyal to these city states NOT Greece as a whole
More Geo
-Fertile valleys = 1/4 of the peninsula
-BUT only 20% is arable (Suitable for farming)
THESE MADE UP GREEK DIET
-Grains
-Grapes
-Olives
-Fish
-They lack resources
-The colonize other areas
-Temp= 40-80 degrees F
-Really nice weather
-They were outdoors people
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