Classical Greece
Sea-
- Allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel.
- Important because it allowed Greece to get the natural resources that it lacked- timber, precious metals, usable farmland.
Land-
- Rugged mountains covered about ¾ of ancient Greece.
- Mountains were often the divider for different regions.
- Played a big role in wars- hard to move through the mountains with large armies.
Climate-
- Upper 40’s in winter.
- Lower 80’s in summer.
- The climate allowed for many different outdoor activities.
3 Big players in Classical Greece-
- Minoan-
- Created an elegant civilization that had great power that started around 3000 B.C.
- Minoans culture influenced the Mycenaeans.
- Writing, language.
- Design.
- Trade.
- Used ships to trade goods.
- Mycenaean
- Heavily influenced by the Minoans.
- Came from Indo-European migrants.
- Dominated Greece from 1600B.C. to 1100 B.C.
- Dorian-
- Spoke a kind of Greek.
- Not as advanced as the others, no writing system.
- Focused more on storytelling
- Best storyteller was Homer.
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