CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mountains and the sea cut off Greek centers of population from one another; such geographic barriers led the Greeks to organize many independent “city-states”. Each city-state was called a “polis”. The first loyalty of the people was not to Greece as a nation but to their own city-state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Isolated Communities and the Difficulties of Travel Greece’s steep mountains and surrounding seas forced Greeks to settle in isolated communities. Travel by land was hard, and sea voyages were hazardous. Farming in Ancient Greece Most ancient Greeks farmed, but good land and water were scarce.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sea brought contact with the wider world. · The Greeks became skillful sailors and merchants. · Greek fishing and trading ships crisscrossed the waters around them leading contact with older, more complex cultures of North Africa and Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The geography of the region helped to shape the government and culture of the Ancient Greeks. Geographical formations including mountains, seas, and islands formed natural barriers between the Greek city-states and forced the Greeks to settle along the coast.