Classical Greece
Geography
Sea
- Allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel
- Important because it allowed Greece to get natural resources that it didn’t have like timber, metals and farmland
Land
- Rugged mountains covered about ¾ the pop.
- Mountains were often the divider for different regions
- Played a big role in wars. Hard to move through with large army
Climate
- Moderate climate
- Upper 40s in the winter and 80s in the summer
- The climate allowed for many different outdoor activities
Big 3 Players
Minoan
- Minoans- created an elegant civilization that had great power that started around 3000 BC
- Minoans culture influenced the Mycenaeans
- Writing, Language
- Design, Trade
- Used ships to trade goods
Mycenaeans
- Heavily influenced by the Minoeans
- They came from Indo-European migrants
- Dominated Greece from 1600BC to 1100 BC
Dorian
- Spoke a kind of Greece
- Not as advanced as the others, no writing systems
- Focused more on storytelling
- Homer is the best storyteller
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