western civ day 15

Some early peoples - first, Myceneans
- Their influence began around 2000 BCE
- Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus, protected by a 20-foot tick wall
- Mycenean Kings dominated Greece from 1600 - 1100 BCE
~controlled trade in the region1400 BCE - Myceneans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture (writing system, language, art, politics, literature, religion)

We also went over the following:

 Ancient Greece is the Word
an introduction to a great civilization

The worlds great civilizations are all located on water (usually rivers)

Great Civilizations/Key Rivers 
- Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates
- Egypt/Nile River
- India/Indus River
- China/Huang He River

The bodies of water that surround Greece are the Aegean, Ionian, Adriatic
The large island in Greece is Crete
Sparta and Athens are relatively close, so they could march to each other.

Geography/Its Significance
- Greece is a mountainous peninsulas mountains cover three-quarters of Greece
- Approximately 2000 islands on the Ionian and Aegean Seas
- This combination shaped Greece's culture, they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders, also many skilled sailors and ship builders, farmers, metalworkers, weavers, potters
- They had poor/limited resources so they needed to trade. It was hard to unite because of the terrain
- They developed city-states
- 20% of Greece is arable (suitable for farming)
- Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives and fish
- Lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization
- Temperatures ranged from mid 40's to low 80's in the summer

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