Greece Class Note

The world's great civilizations all located on water.
- Place
    - Africa
    - Arabla
    - India
    - China
- Why
    - drink
    - wash
    - transportation
    - grow food
- Key River
    - Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
    - Egypt/Nile River
    - India/ Indus River
    - China/Huang He River
Mediterranean-middle of the Earth, fresh water
Greece-not united, easier to sail because of the mountains.

Greece is a  mountainous peninsula
    mountains cover 3/4 of Greece
approximately 1,400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Sea
    this combination shaped Greece's culture
      they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders
      also farmers, metalworkers, weavers potters
      olive oil, wine

20% is suitable for farming
grains grapes olives
lack of resources
temperature: 40 F winter; 80 F summer (pretty nice year-round)