Ancient Greece

• Mesopotamia/Tigris and the Euphrates River 

• Egypt/ Nile River 

• India/ Indus River 

• China/ Huang He River 

• Tera-means earth 

• Medi- means middle (Mediterranean)

• Greece (grain, grapes, olives) 

• Greece is very mountainous (3/4)

• This combination shaped Greece's culture they had many skilled sailors 

• They had poor/limited natural resources

• it was difficult to unite ancient Greece because of the terrain    

• Fertile valley 20%

• arable- good for farming (20%)

• Greek diet lead to Greek colonization 

• Olympics!!