1. * * * * 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

2. 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

3. Greeks Became Natural Traders and Adventurers