- Ancient Greeks were people who were interested curious of their surroundings. They would explorer the Mediterranean region; the Black Sea, Aegean Sea to the Indus Sea and to the Arabian Sea.
- An example of their explorations would be Image One. Image One shows their map of the 'world'. Although they didn't get to North America the map is a decent picture of Europe, Asia and Africa. The person who made this map may have only went to the country of Libya and not the entire continent of Africa since it only shows that one country. If looking closely at the top of the map you could make out the words "Thule?". This was suppose to show where the people thought where the islands north of Europe were.
- Image Two shows more modern display of ancient Greece. It is more accurate because of our modern technology. The countries or city-states are labeled more correctly since we today we are more connected worldwide than back in the day the only way to communicate with others was to go there personally. Of course now this map doesn't depict the entire world but instead a portion of the world unlike Image One.
- The environment had contributed to the Greeks way of life in many ways. The mountainous landscape made it almost impossible for them to farm. Mountains also made it hard for them to communicate with other people across Greece. This led to the development of city-states.
- Another reason why city-states were made was because there was no central river that ran down Greece, so no large community was made.
- The peninsula also contributed to Greece. Since the sea mostly surrounded them and they couldn't farm the ancient Greeks would trade with other countries. Trading also spread and gathered new ideas for the Greeks.
- Climate in Greece varied, in the summer it would be warm so the Greeks spent their time mostly outside. During the winter it would snow.
Citations-
- Image One- Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. "Thule" Britannica School Edition. 6 Oct 2012. < http://school.eb.com/elementary/art-165496?articleTypeId=38>
- Image Two- Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. "Greek, ancient" Britannica School Edition. 6 Oct 2012.< http://school.eb.com/elementary/art-163827?articleTypeId=38>
- Particle Info- Lawson, Russel M. Lawson. "Greek and Roman geographical science" ABC CLIO. 1 Oct 2012. < http://worldgeography.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1457998?terms=ancient+greece+geography>
- World History Textbook Chapter 5 Section 1 pages 123-124