Geography and Civilizations Ancient Greece Geography and Civilizations
Greece’s Geography Lived on the Aegean Sea rugged mountains divided Greece into small, isolated areas hilly terrain was ideal for growing grapes and olives, but not enough farmland to produce grains ideally located for sea trade
Minoan Civilization Great sailors developed writing, artwork master builders (palace at Knossos) 2000-1400 B.C. lived on the island of Crete
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Mycenaean Civilization Built ships lived on mainland of Greece built palaces based on Minoan palaces conquered Minoans in 1450 B.C. culture ended and the Dark Age began in the 1100s B.C.
Rise of City States After the Dark Ages, city states began to develop monarchy oligarchy tyrannny democracy Athens was the first democratic city-state
Acropolis, Athens
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