Sea
Allowed for trade and travel every Greek lived less than about 85 miles away
75 percent of land was mountainous.
It lacked resources like timber metals and farmland
Mountains were a divider of different regions.
Played a big role in wars because it’s hard for armies to pass through mountains
Climate
Moderate non hot summers and non-cold summers.
3 big civilizations in Greece
Minoans- first of three civilizations and was very elegant it started around 3000bc
Writing and language
Design
Trade
Used ships to trade
Mycenaeans were heavily influenced by the Minoans
They came from Indo Europeans migrants
Dominated Greece from 1600bc to 1100bc.
Dorians
Spoke a kind of Greek
Not as advanced as the others, no writing system
Focused on storytelling
Best story teller: Homer ( famous writing on the Trojan war)
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