Today in West Civ. we took some more notes about the Greeks
and you told us the stories about Odyssey and Iliad. The Greeks world revolved
around courage. There are approximately 1,400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian
Sea. They had skilled sailors and poor natural resources. The land of Greece is
very mountainous. There is approximately 20 percent land that is suitable for
farming. Fertile valleys cover ¼ of the peninsula. Their diet consists of
grains, grapes, and olives. There lack of resources led the Greeks to
colonization. The temperature ranged from 48 degrees in the winter to 80
degrees in the summer. The Mycenaean’s began around 2000 B.C. It is located on
a rocky ridge and is protected by a 20 foot thick wall. There king dominated Greece
from 1600- 1200 B.C. they controlled the trade in the reign. In 1400 B.C.,
Mycenaean’s invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language.
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