Greece+Six

** //__Greece Group Six__// ** ** //__Ancient Greece__// **

__** Overview: **__

Greece is located in southern Europe and is very close to the medditarian sea. Greece is very mountainous making it hard to walk around in. Greece also has very sloppy soil which makes it harder to grow crops rather than in Egypt or Messopitamia. Greece have many beaches which makes it better to travel using the sea for trade or travel as well as makes it a good place to fish.

Map of Greece

//__** Climate and Geography: **__//

Greece is a country located in Southern Europe. North of Greece is Bulgaria. On the West, South and East Greece is surrounded by water. Greece has a medditerranian climate. Greece has a very wet winter with not much snow and hot summers. Greece is 80% mountainous. Greece is one of the most mountinous countries all across europe. Mount olympus is the highes mountain in greece aswell as being the highest point in all of Greece. Crete is the largest island in Greece and is the second largest island in eastern Mediterranean It has a little bit more than 3000 islands. The coastline is over 13,000 km long. These climates occur at all coastal locations. The Pindus mountain range affects the climate of the country because the areas in the west of this region are wetter than the areas in the east of this region.

The rain in Greece Ancient building in Greece

//__** Adapting and Manging their Enviorment **__// Greece wasnt a very good place to farming. The soil was not good for growing things which made most people travel past Greece to Egypt or the Fertile Crescent. Greece had many coastlines or beaches which allowed the greeks to fish and swim through the seas to trade. Because their are so many mountains in greece being 80% mountanious makes it very hard to travel from one place to another. The ancient Greeks also relied on planting grapes and olives as a substitute from farming other crops.

Farming in Greece

__**Modern Lessons**__ The greeks taught us many things. The greeks created a big sporting event that happens every 4 years called the olympics. The olympics are a series of different sports and competing to win gold, silver and bronze medals. This sporting event was created in the honour of Zeus the god of all gods in greece beliefs. Spartans were strong and brave warriors that faught wars during their time and would always win. Spartans teach us to fight hard and do more than your best. Greeks also taught us how to plant olives and grapes and making wine. They also taught us what we might consider a bad thing, backstabbing. In Ancient Greece their were many people who performed backstabbing to get ahead of other people.

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