Classical Greece
GEOGRAPHY
- Sea- allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel
- Important because it allowed Greece to get the natural resources that it lacked; timber, farmland, and metals
LAND
- Rugged mountains covered about 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 outdoor activities
Big 3 Players in Classical Greece
- Minoan Influence: Created an elegant civilization that had great power the started around 3000 BC
- Minoans culture influenced the Mycenaeans
- Writing language
- Design, Trade, and used ships to trade goods
Mycenaean
- The Mycenaens were heavily influenced by the Minoans
- They came from Indo-Europeans migrants
- Dominated Greece from 1600 BC to 1100 BC
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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