Notes:
Classical Greece-
Sea, used for trade and travel, important for natural resources but lacked timber, precious metals, usable farmland.
Land, mountains covered 3/4 of it, often divided the different regions, in wars it was hard to move through the mountains.
Climate, upper 40's in winter, not much snow, summer lower 80's, allowed for may different outdoor activities, not much rain.
People:
Minoans, elegant civilization, great power, one of the first forms of writing, language, trade, design, used ships for trade, started around 3000 BC.
Mycenaeans, influenced by the Minoans, came from Indo-European migrants, dominated greece from 1600 BC to 1100 BC.
Dorians, spoke a kind of greek, not as advanced, no writing system, focused on storytelling, best storyteller was Homer.
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