the greatest world civilization all located on rivers
- Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- Egypt / Nile River
- India / Indus River
- China / Huang He River
Geography
- Greece is a mountainous peninsula
- mountains cover ¾ of Greece
- approximately 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Seas
- this combination shaped Greece’s culture
- they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders
- they had poor / limited natural resources, so they needed to trade
- it was difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain
- they developed small, independent communities) city-states
- Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives
- although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is suitable for farming
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