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Geography and graphics.

with all the mountains around and in athens it made it hard to fight the athenians. since athens had hot dry summers it made it hard on the soldiers.

Land.
Greece is made up almost entirely of mountainous land with only small areas of lowlands. the mountains are beautiful but made it hard to farm and make a living. They also made it hard to travel and communicate with people.

Sea
The athenians were located near the sea in a region of greece called attica. Because the athenians were so close to the they became traders with other civilizations around the mediterranean region. Also this encouraged athens to build a strong naval fleet.

Climate.
Hot dry summers. Average temperature in january was 4 degrees. They didn't get much rain so that made it hard to farm.

Natural Resources.
Olive trees. Grapes. Lignite. Petroleum. iron ore. Bauxite. Lead. Zinc. nickel. Magnesite. Marble. Salt. Hydropower potential.

Trade and farming.
All the mountains made it hard to farm so they barely had any crops. They farmed mostly olives.

Mining.
The greeks developed extensive silver mines at laurium. Used bronze, tin and coppper for tools and weapons

Jobs. Most farmers worked alone but the entire family helped out during planting season. Merchants traded surplus good in exchange for slaves grain and timber. Manufacture workers specialize in making goods like potter armor and clothing.