Ancient Greece Geography
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Ancient Greece
By Liane Hicks
Ancient Greece was a thriving civilization that made impressive strides in many fields such as art, architecture, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and government. Many of their ideals were the foundation of future civilizations and their influence is still with us today.
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Ancient Greece was surrounded by water on 3 sides. Discuss how the climate and location impacted its development!
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- LOCATION
- CLIMATE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- SEAS
- Adriatic Sea
- Ancient Greece was located in southeastern Europe along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Throughout their reign, the Greeks expanded with colonies in Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, and North Africa.
- The Mediterranean climate had warm summers and mild winters. The soil was difficult to farm as it was very mountainous and rocky. Ancient Greeks did farm things like olives, grapes, small vegetables, and nuts. They raised chickens, pigs, sheep and goats.
- The mainland of Greece is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides with the Aegean, Adriatic, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas. Greece also included many islands. Access to the ocean provided fishing, trade, and travel.
- Mediterranean Sea
- Ionian Sea
- Aegean Sea
- GEOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT GREECE
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