Ancient Greece

Today was another cyber day. Our cyber day homework is to write notes on Ancient Greece and answer some questions about it.

Notes

(Ancient) Greece is the World - An introduction to a great civilization

• The world's great civilizations are all located on rivers:
• Mesopotamia - Tigris and Euphrates River
• Egypt - Nile River
• India - Indus River
• China - Huang He River

Greece's Geography

• Note the significance of Greece's location
• Describe Greece's topography
• Look at Greece's surroundings

1. Greece is located near a lot water which can be used for drinking, bathing, irrigation, and transportation. There is also a lot of mountains which would affect their culture because it would affect where they would live. Their does not seem to be much flat land.

2. Greece is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea.

3. The large island that is to the south/southeast of Greece is Crete.

4.  Both Athens and Sparta border the sea. Sparta is southwest of Athens.