Notes: Classical Greece
-Sea, allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel, The Sea allowed Greece to get natural resources that it lacked, timber, precious metals, usable farmland.
-Land, rugged mountains covered 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 army.
-Climate, Upper 40’s in Winter, Lower 80’s in summer. The climate allowed for many different activities. Very moderate climate.
3 big players in Classical Greece:
Minoan Influence- created elegant civilization that had great power that started around 3000 BC. Influenced Mycenaeans, Writing, language, design, trade, used ships for trade of goods.
Mycenaean Develops- Heavily influenced by the Minoans. They came from Indo-Europeans migrants. Dominated Greece from 1600 BC to 1100 BC.
Dorians- Spoke a kind of Greek, not as advanced as others, no writing system. Focused on more storytelling. Best storyteller: Homer, wrote the Trojan War and Illiad.
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