- The worlds greatest civilization are all located on the water (usually rivers)
- Mesopotamia/ Tigris and Euphrates river
- Egypt/ Nile River
- India/ Indus River
- China/ Haungs He River
Identify bodies of water surrounding Greece
- Aegean Sea
- Ionian Sea
- Adriatic Sea
- Peloponnesus
- Athens
- Sparta
- Crete
- Asia minor
- Macedonia
- Greece is a mountainous peninsula
- Mountains cover 3/4 of Greece
- Approximately 2,000 island in the Ionian and Aegean Seas
- Many skilled sailors, shipbuilders, farmers, metal workers, weavers, and potters
- Had poor/ limited resources so they had to trade
- Hard to unite ancient greeks because fo the terrain
- Developed small, independent city-states
- Loyal to their city-states
- Although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula only about 20% is arable- suitable for farming
- Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives and fish
- Lack of resources led to colonization
- Temperatures ranged from 45 to 80
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