Greece+Ten

media type="youtube" key="4CRDxXBq_ec" height="283" width="504" __**Overview**__ The earliest Greek civilization increased nearly 4,000 BC. The ancient greeks lived in countries we now call Turkey and Bulgaria. Greece is in the southern part of Europe. Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, and Bulgaria. Bulgaira is to the north of Greece and Turkey is to the east of Greece. Greece is upon Egypt, and Mesopotamia is near the east of Greece. To the east of Greece is the Aegean Sea, to the west of Greece is the Ionian Sea, and to the south of Greece is the Mediterranean Sea.There were not much historians in the time of ancient Greece, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon were the historians of ancient Greece. The capital of Greece Athens took its capital name from the Goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge, and Athens was the first of the Greek city states fully develop democracy. __**Climate & Geography**__ In ancient Greece the peninsula had a Mediterranean climate. Its summers were hot and dry. The average temperature was about 24° C in the summer. The Mediterranean waters and breeze kept the temperature at a comfortable level. The temperatures were also influence by the waters in the winter. Their winters are mild and long. Usually temperatures did not go below 4.4° C. In the mountains, the snow was typical in the wet, winter months. The average yearly rainfall was from twenty to fifty inches. Greece mostly had a large amount of sunny days during the year. Ancient Greece was divided into three regions; the coast, the lowlands, and the mountains. Since Greece is so rocky and it has an uneven amount of soil, it only allowed less than 20% of Greece to me farmed. Greeks had to rely on other regions to import grains and other foods around the Mediterranean. Transportation was very important to the Greeks because it would be hard sometimes to not use the rivers for boats to get food because of in the summer since it so hot the water dries up and in the winter the water overflows. Eighty percent of Greece is mountains, at which the highest mountain there is Mount Olympus which consists of 2,917 m. Greece's coastline is 13,676 km which is the twelfth longest coastline in the world. Greece wasn't a country, it was made up by many states. It also includes a lot of other islands such as Crete, Dodecanese, and Cyclades. Greece had more than 1400 islands. media type="youtube" key="8hhPEdr1ax0" height="315" width="420"
 * With its wide spread influence, ancient Greece has been call the mother of western civilization.**

__**Adapt and Manage**__ Living in ancient Greece was hard because there was a limited amount of soil and cropland. People were also very nervous because where they lived were many volcanoes that erupted commonly. Ancient Greeks adapted to their farming techniques by growing olives, grapes, and grain in the fertile valleys at the same time. The first farmers settled in Greece around 6,500BC. The Minoan and Mycenaean cultures dominated Greece during the Bronze Age. People did not settle in Greece as early as they settled in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent. Greece had a scenic landscape, the terrain of Greece was very varied; there were mountains, valleys, and coasts, and the soil was not very good for growing things, but the Greeks still farmed on hillsides. It was hard to walk from one place to another because there were so many mountains, and although Greece was surrounded by sea water, the Greeks still found it difficult to find fresh water away from the valleys . But when people did start to come to Greece, they were mostly sailors because it was really easy to access the water. It wasn't a long walk to get to the beaches. The Greeks developed into independent communities because the tall mountains divided them. Greeks tried to get a living off of the ocean by fishing. Greeks were good sailors because there was lots of ocean space and also because that was the main way that the Greeks could trade with other countries. They needed to have a good understanding of the sea because that is where they mainly traded. The Greek's usually traded with other countries that surround Mediterranean. The Greeks were farmers at first, and then they turned into traders. Because it was hard to farm, so they turned to shipbuilders.

__**Modern Lesson**__ Ancient greeks learned that because they lived by the ocean that they could use that for a living that fishing. They also knew that if they had food leftover that they could just save it for later. They could also trade the fish for fruits, vegetables, spices, or anything else that they can't get in Greece. In the old days people didn't have to worry about over fishing because there were plenty of fish to go around. Unlike today. Today people don't worry about over fishing, or animals getting instinct. They worry about getting enough money to buy fish and other food. I think that modern people could learn a lot from ancient greeks like saving their food for later, or only buying what they need. Some people buy food and don't even touch it, and then in a little while it goes bad and they have to throw it out. The language that ancient Greeks spoke in ancient times, modern Greeks spoke mostly the same as them too. Its good to use the same language as ancient time period because the Greeks can own their own culture, and language is for communicate. Also, since ancient Greece was so dry, Greeks had to find out a way to get water to their crops. They had to get water from the rivers to the crops by themselves using buckets. Carrying these buckets was very difficult because they were so heavy but it worked well. But because it was so heavy, it was very tiring to carry large amounts of water all at once. Even if they tried their very best they just couldn’t do it. Even an Ox or a donkey couldn’t even carry enough water back to the crops. Today, people still use the original way to get water to the crops by simply getting a bucket filled with water and taking it back to their crops. They do this people it’s easy for them and it doesn’t cost much. This way is used in India, China, Africa, and many other countries. I think that this was a very good invention because if we didn’t get water to the crops with any method then we wouldn’t have enough food because of the dry lands. Greece's architecture are mostly the biggest and most beautiful.
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** __Ancient Building__ ** They used columns for their buildings. ** __Ancient Building__ ** Greeks developed th ree architectural systems, in orders they are called Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
 * __A Temple of Zeus Athens Greece__**

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