Greece a very montinous country. about 75% of the region is coveered with mountains, dividing the land into regions. This made things hard to transport anything by land. Greece is mostly surrounded by the Mediteranian Sea. Greece has more than 1400 islands. Since Greece is a coastal region they were able to trade with many other countries, allowing cultural diffusion to occur. The greeks were great sailors and built exelent boats. This gave Greece many oportunities. fish were usually traded or dried.
They had mild, rainy summers and hot, dry summers. The great weather was perfect for all the outdoor activites that were popularly attened. The soil was rocky, and not great for farming. around only 25% of the land can be used for good farming. Because of this, not a whole lot of grain was produced. there was a surplus of olive oil, wine, and pottery, For more farming Greece founded places like Antolia to colonozize. the Greeks were not plentiul in natural recources but had stone, that was good for building things. greek city- states traded with eacg other and along the seas nearest them. Grain, timber, animal hides, slaves, nuts, cheese, figs and flax had to be bought from other regions. |