HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Led to the development of isolated city-states
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Focused on growing different kinds of crops
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More Greeks were fisherman & sailors than farmers, traded w/other countries by sea
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Mountains provided protection from outsiders
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greece’s steep mountains and surrounding seas forced Greeks to settle in isolated communities. Travel by land was hard, and sea voyages were hazardous. Most ancient Greeks farmed, but good land and water were scarce. They grew grapes and olives, and raised sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Greece is a large peninsula surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea. Greece is also made up of a chain of islands, called an archipelago.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mountains isolated Greeks from one another, which caused Greek communities to develop their own way of life. Greece is made up of many mountains, isolated valleys, and small islands. This geography prevented the Greeks from building a large empire like that of Egypt or Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-4: -As a peninsula, the people of Greece took advantage of living by the sea. The mountains in Greece did not have fertile soil good for growing crops, like in Mesopotamia, but the mild climate allowed for some farming. The Greeks, like many other ancient civilizations, felt deeply connected to the land they lived on.