Greece+Nine

By, Sarah.k and Grace.A Nice guys! You should maybe try to stay a bit more on topic, and include a bit more info. Otherwise, great job!-Maya

Overview: Greece is located in Western Europe and shares a boarder with, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Most of Greece's islands are closer to Turkey than to Greece. Greece is usually known as the cradle Western Civilization. Greece's largest city, Athens is also the most popular and capital city of Greece.

Climate & Geography: Greece had hot and dry summers with little rain in the fall and winter. This caused crops to be restricted in many places to grapes and olives and the animals mostly sheep and goats. Ancient Greece was mountainous and had many hills. Ancient Greece also had many gulfs and bays. Many parts of ancient Greece were filled with forests and fields. Other parts of ancient Greece were extremely rocky and where only used for small pastures. Ancient Greece was divided into three geographical regions. While the area around Attica was inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic period (30000–10000 BC), archaeological evidence suggests that the small caves around the Acropolis rock and the Kleptomania spring were in use during the Neolithic period (3000–2800 BC).

Northern Greece:

Northern Greece was surrounded by mountains. It was made up of Epirus, Thessaly and was separated by the Pindus mountain range. Thessaly was the largest area of plains in Ancient Greece. In the north is the Cambunian mountain range. Northern Greece is also home to Mt. Olympus.

Central Greece: Central Greece has more mountains than Northern Greece. Central Greece consisted of six countries, Aetolia, Locris, Acarnania, Doris, Phocis and Megaris.

Peloponnese :

The Peloponnese is made up of mostly southern Greece and is a peninsula.

Adapt & Manage the Environment: Because of Greece’s hot climate the Greek had to learn ways of working with what they had. Many of the crops that the Greeks grew were meant for hot weather like grapes, wheat, barley and olives. Because of the harsh climate only certain animals could live there some of them are sheep, cattle and goats. For houses Greek people build their houses out of stone and wood. To stay cool in Greeces hot climate many people wore tunics made of wool or linen and a cloak.

Modern Lessons: Many of our modern ideas and building come from Greek origins. Some of these are everyday thing like food. Some other things could be like buildings or art. Some examples of these things are The Olympic Games or, Greek food like salads and lamb. I think these modern examples are great because they enrich our knowledge and creativity.

Links: Greece Eight/ Kari's and Teresa's Greece Ten/ Bella's and Claire's

Reference Section: [|Agriculture in ancient Greece] [|Ancient Greece Art & Architecture] [|Peloponnese] [|Geography of Ancient Greece]