Classical Greek Notes
- Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
- 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
- The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people
- Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber, precious metals, and usable farmland
The Land
- Rugged mountains covered about three-fourths of ancient Greece
- Mountains divided the land into a number of different regions
(Ancient) Greece is the Word
- The world's great civilizations all located on water (usually rivers)
- Great civilization / key river: Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Egypt / Nile River, India / Indus River, China / Huang He River
- Know these: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea = middle of land (earth)
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