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**Overview:**
==== Greece is located on the [|Eastern Mediterranean]coast. This country is the first great civilization and has existed for thousands of years. The first people lived in Greece over forty thousand years ago. Since the beginning of this civilization, Greece has made a big influence on other countries. For example the Greeks were the first to introduce democracy, mathematics and philosophy. They even made an influence on the English language; for example, the word telephone comes from the Greek word tele, meaning far and phonos meaning sound. ====

__**Georgraphy**__
==== Greece is a [|peninsula] located in the sothern part of Europe, east of Turkey and the Aegan Sea, and bordering the Ionian Sea. The country contains 1,200 to 6,000 different islands with different features. The whole land is covered by mountains and because of that, people who travelled in Greece 3,000 years ago had difficulty walking, but it was easy to go around by boat. Greece ranges in latitude about from 30'00'N to 42'00'N and in longitude from 19'00'E to 28'30'E. ==== __A map of the Mediterranean Sea/Coast__ __Ariel view of Athens,Greece__ (The capital of Greece)

Greece has a [|Mediterranean climate]. The climate of Greece is divided into 3 mediterranean climates: Dry, Alpine, and Continental.
====But overall in Greece, the winter is mild and rainy and during the summer it is often warm and dry. Greece also has extended period of sunshine during the years. The lowest temperature that can occur in Grecce is -27.8 C and the highest temperature is 48 C.====
 * Dry Mediterranean:** This occurs mostly on islands. The summers are very sunny and dry, thunderstorms can also occur. The air is usuallly hot during the day and warm at night.
 * Alpine Mediterranean:** In this climate the winter is very harsh with hard snowfalls and the summers are cool with thunderstorms. The Alpine Mediterranean occurs in high mountains.
 * Continental Mediterranean:** This Climate is very wet and has cool winters with not so hot summers. It occurs in most of Macedonia and Thrace.

The [|Ancient Greeks] were very smart and intelligent people. Throughout their history the Greeks have learned many ways to adapt to their environment. For example since the Ancient Greeks lived on the[| Aegean Sea]they learned to build boats and used them for travel, trade and war. The ancient Greeksalso learned how to mine for silver and they would trade the silver to other countries for goods. However the ancient Greeks did have some trouble when it came to farming because of the poor stony soil and the dry and hot climate. The ancient Greeks also used olives to make oil and used honey from bees to sweeten their food. For fuel and timber the Greeks would cut down trees which would increase soil erosions leaving even less fertile land. Eventually the Greeks would travel to other countries to farm, but other times the Greeks just went fishing for food. __An Ancient Greek Silver Mine__
 * __ Adapting to their environment __**

__ Modern Lessons __ The ancient Greeks and modern civilizations have both have found and done many different ways to adapt to their environment. For example the ancient Greeks and modern civilizations have learned how to irrigate land. The Greek scientist Archimedes invented the Archimedes Screw which is still used today for irrigation. The screw channels the water from a nearby river to be used high above the hills to water crops. Now I for one think that this was a great invention by the Greeks because it saves time and energy for the farmers of today to do other things on their farm instead of spending hours irrigating their land with a bucket which they fetched from a nearby stream. The Greeks have also invented the first aqueduct which was like a stone bridge which carried mountain water over long distances to other areas where water was needed. A modern aqueduct is the Colorado River aqueduct which takes water 242 miles from the Rockies to many small cities in California. I personally think that this is a very useful inventions by the Ancient Greeks because it makes water more available to these small cities. __The Remains of an Ancient Greek Aqueduct__

__ Overview __ Tames Richard, __Step into Ancient Greece__, London, Hermes House, 2007 __ Adapting to their environment __ Tames Richard, __Step into Ancient Greece__, London, Hermes House, 2007 __ Modern Lessons __ Tames Richard, __Step into Ancient Greece__, London, Hermes House, 2007 Admin User, BFE Architecture, February 10th, 2011 __Georgraphy & Climate __ [|Geography] & Climate
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__Photos__ [|Ancient Greek Silver Mine] The Remains of an Ancient Greek Aqueduct [|Greek Temple Picture] Map of the Mediterranean Sea/Coast Picture of Athens, Greece