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82R – Focus: How did geography help shape the early Greek civilization?. Read pages 254-256 (check question). Mountains. Seas. Effects on Greeks. Effects on Greeks. Exchanged ideas with other cultures (cultural diffusion) Lots of fish (source of food) Greater population
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82R – Focus: How did geography help shape the early Greek civilization? Read pages 254-256 (check question)
Mountains Seas Effects on Greeks Effects on Greeks • Exchanged ideas with other cultures (cultural diffusion) • Lots of fish (source of food) • Greater population • Opportunities for trade • Easy to travel • Living by the coast developed skilled ship-builders (developing specific crafts) • Traveling was difficult • They were isolated from other countries • Little farmland • Snow on mountaintops may have caused flooding ruining crops/communities
Timeline’ing the early Greek civilizations 2000 BC Mid-1400s BC Volcanic eruption floods Crete Invaders enter Greece