western civ day 10
Classical Greece
Geography Shapes Greek Life
The Sea: the sea shaped Greek civilization just as rivers shaped the ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, India, and China. In one sense, the Greeks did not live on a land but around sea. They rarely had to travel more than 85 miles to reach the coastline. The Aegean sea, the Ionian sea, and the neighboring Black sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people. As the Greeks became more skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece to other societies. Sea travel and trade were important because Greece lacked Natural resources like timber, metals and usable farmland.
The Land: Rugged mountains covered 3/4 of Greece. The mountain chains ran mainly from northwest to southeast along the Balkan Peninsula. Mountains divided the land into a number of different regions, which caused Greeks to develop small independent communities within each little valley and it's surrounding mountains. In ancient times, the uneven terrain made travel difficult. There were few roads that existed, most were little dirt paths. It took travelers several days to complete a journey that might take a few hours today. Fertile land covered about 1/4 of Greece and the rest was stony, and only a small part was arable (suitable for farming)
The Climate: Greece has a varied climate with temperatures 48 degrees in the winter and 80 degrees in the summer. In ancient times, these moderate temperatures supported outdoor events.
Mycenaeans: People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
Trojan War: Mycenaeans vs. Troy (10 years)
Dorians: People who moved into the war-torn countryside
Homer: Blind man who was a story teller composed epics (narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds)
Myths: false stories, or traditional stories about their Gods
Geography Shapes Greek Life
The Sea: the sea shaped Greek civilization just as rivers shaped the ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, India, and China. In one sense, the Greeks did not live on a land but around sea. They rarely had to travel more than 85 miles to reach the coastline. The Aegean sea, the Ionian sea, and the neighboring Black sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people. As the Greeks became more skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece to other societies. Sea travel and trade were important because Greece lacked Natural resources like timber, metals and usable farmland.
The Land: Rugged mountains covered 3/4 of Greece. The mountain chains ran mainly from northwest to southeast along the Balkan Peninsula. Mountains divided the land into a number of different regions, which caused Greeks to develop small independent communities within each little valley and it's surrounding mountains. In ancient times, the uneven terrain made travel difficult. There were few roads that existed, most were little dirt paths. It took travelers several days to complete a journey that might take a few hours today. Fertile land covered about 1/4 of Greece and the rest was stony, and only a small part was arable (suitable for farming)
The Climate: Greece has a varied climate with temperatures 48 degrees in the winter and 80 degrees in the summer. In ancient times, these moderate temperatures supported outdoor events.
Mycenaeans: People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
Trojan War: Mycenaeans vs. Troy (10 years)
Dorians: People who moved into the war-torn countryside
Homer: Blind man who was a story teller composed epics (narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds)
Myths: false stories, or traditional stories about their Gods
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