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Geography of Ancient Greece

Geography of Ancient Greece. How has geography in Wisconsin impacted your lives?. Driving Vacation School Clothing Recreation Geography had same impacts on Ancient Greeks. Climate of Ancient Greece. Greece has a Mediterranean Climate Winters are mild and wet

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Geography of Ancient Greece

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  1. Geography of Ancient Greece

  2. How has geography in Wisconsin impacted your lives? • Driving • Vacation • School • Clothing • Recreation • Geography had same impacts on Ancient Greeks

  3. Climate of Ancient Greece Greece has a Mediterranean Climate • Winters are mild and wet • allows for limited farming • grapes and olives • Summers are warm and dry • leads to drought • grapes and olives are two of few plants that can survive summer droughts • November • Greece receives approximately 2 inches of rain • Average temperature is 64 degrees • Wisconsin receives approximately 1.3 inches of rain • Average temperature is 29 degrees How is this different than Wisconsin?

  4. Physical Geography Greece is very mountainous • 75% is covered by mountains • Difficult to farm Surrounded by Seas • Greece is on the Balkan Peninsula • Made trade easier • Could get food they could not grow • Also able to bring trade items back with them

  5. Ancient Greek Culture Cut off by mountains and seas • Isolated • Led to creation of city states • Limited interaction and unity of Greece • Created fierce rivalries • Sea becomes a vital link - Hundreds of harbors to provide safe harbors for ships - Skilled sailors • Traded olive oil, wine, and marble • Returned with grains, metals, and ideas • Adapted Phoenician Alphabet • Became basis for all Western alphabets

  6. Ancient Greek Culture What did Greeks do? • They were isolated • They had nice weather • They had fierce rivalries What ancient Greeks did. • Went to war (Peloponnesian, Trojan, and Persian Wars) • Developed Great Thinkers • Homer, Socrates, Plato • Herodotus – Father of History • Archimedes – Archimedes Screw • Built temples to the Gods and Goddesses

  7. Ancient Greek Culture • Wrote poetry and drama • Trajedy • Sophocles • Euripedes • Comedies • Aristophanes • Performed outside with little or no scenery • Stadium Seating

  8. How did Geography of Greece impact the Ancient Greeks? Created • Great Thinkers • Great Architecture • Skilled Traders • War Mongers • Technology Aristotle

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