* * * * BLACK SEA Macedonia AEGEAN SEA Asia Minor IONIAN SEA Attica Hellespont Mt. Olympus * Troy AEGEAN SEA Asia Minor IONIAN SEA Attica * * Athens Corinth Peloponnesus * Sparta MEDITERRANEAN SEA Crete MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Hot Dry Summers & Mild Winters – Good for Olives and Grapes Hilly & Mountainous Land Grew Wheat But No Big Surpluses Main points on Geography – reinforce Hilly and mountainous land – hundreds of independent city-states rather than one central political system Dependent on the sea – easier to get places by water than land Poor soil and few natural resources => Greeks had to trade to get grain and other necessities Rocky land with little space to expand => colonies around the Mediterranean => spread of culture Mild winters + hot, sunny summers = olives and grapes Hot Dry Summers & Mild Winters – Good for Olives and Grapes Many Islands and Bays

Greeks Became Natural Traders and Adventurers