Sea
- allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel
- important because it allowed Greece to to get the natural resource
land
- Rugged mountains covered about 3/4 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 army
Climate
- upper 40's
- lower 80's
- the climate allowed for many different outdoor activities
Minoan Influence
- Minoans - created an elegant civilization that had great power that started around 3000BC
- Minoans culture influenced the Mycenaeans
- writing, language
- design
- trade
- used ships to trade goods
Mycenaean Develops
- The Mycennaens were heavily influenced by the Minoans
- they came from Indo- Europeans migrants
- dominated Greece from 1600BC to 1100BC
Dorian
- spoke a kind of Greek
- Not as advanced as the others, no writing system
- focused more on storytelling
- best storyteller: Homer
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