Western Civilization blog 3

Today in class we continued learning about Ancient Greece and it's geographical significance. In the first 20 mins of the class we continued taking notes from the book.
-Climate is an important influence on Greek civilization. Greece has varied climate( average from48-80). It supports outdoor life for Greek people.
- Mycenaean Civilization Develops
  -A large wave of Indo-Europeans migrated from the Eurasian steps to Europe and India and Asia.
-Mycenae was located on a steep, rocky ridge and was surrounded by a thick wall in Greece.
- Contact with Minoans
   -From the Minoans, the Mycenaean learned the significance in seaborne trade. They also greatly influenced their culture, religion, art, literature
-The Trojan War
  -During 2000B.C., ten-year war, against Troy
  -Some historians thought the story of the war was just fictional. But later on a German archeologist proved that the story was based on real cities and events.
And then we continued on the Power Point.
- Greece is a mountainous peninsula.
- Surrounded by 2000 islands
-So they had many good sailors and ship makers.
-They had really limited natural resource so they needed to trade.
-It was hard to unite the Ancient Greece because of the terrains
-They developed small, independent communities which they were loyal to.

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