HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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won many battles
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mountainous terrain
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frequent storms
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city-states
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Detailed explanation-1: -Even though the country is famous for its islands and seas, some 80 percent of its landmass is mountainous. At one end of the backbone of Greece are the peaks of Varnountas and Grammos and at the other the Pindos range and legendary Olympus, just north of verdant Pelion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main physical geographic features of Ancient Greece are mountains, islands, and the sea. The mountains of Ancient Greece separated people geographically. Because of this, Greek city-states tended to be isolated from one another.
Detailed explanation-3: -These mountains, like so many others in Greece, are bounded by massive regional faults. The expanding arc of the subduction zone caused extensive local faulting, too. On Crete, for example, all of the mountain ranges are bounded by faults. They stand tall because the ground around them has dropped due to faulting.
Detailed explanation-4: -The mountains prevented large-scale farming and impelled the Greeks to look beyond their borders to new lands where fertile soil was more abundant.