Ancient Greek Geography

The first way that geography had a negative effect was their surrounding mountains. Their location in reference to the mountains made travel extremely hard for them to do so they had to turn to the waterways for travel and getting around. In document four it states, “The mountains of Greece were difficult to cross; therefore, the sea became the Greeks’ highway.” That shows that because the land was not safe for travel and that meant that their communication with other civilizations, they had to turn to water for everything. Our next topic about the negative effects is, the nervous feeling that they always had. Since the Greeks’ were surrounded by active volcanoes and they had many earthquakes, they could never be sure that they were safe, because innocent people were constantly getting killed by these natural disasters. The third document states, “Greece is smack-dab in the middle of a very active volcanic zone, where the Europe tectonic plate meets the Africa tectonic plate. There are several active volcanoes, and earthquakes are very common. There is a nervous feeling that there could be a natural disaster at any time.” That proves why the the ancient Greeks’ got so nervous about their location and if they would be the next innocent civilian that would die from a natural disaster. There were a lot more ways than the ones that I put down, of how their ancient geography negatively affected the first of the Greeks’

Ancient Greek and Roman’s geography was greatly affected. There were also some positive things about their location. The land of Greece is broken up by mountains and valleys. The coastline of Greece made it easy to colonize the Greek islands and begin colonies throughout the Mediterranean Sea. It was not a unified empire but was made up of independent city-states which were like mini-countries. Greeks also became traders, shipbuilders, and sailors. Geography Helped Rome Become a Strong united Empire. Geography Helped the Roman Empire Expand and become one of the Most Powerful Civilizations in History. Rome is Located on the Italian Peninsula. Italian Peninsula has few mountains, but fertile Land. They had easy access to the Mediterranean

When telling about the geography of Greece, all five themes of geography need to be addressed. The five themes of geography are location, place, region, movement, and human-environmental interaction. The absolute location of a specific place is the coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude. A place is an area that is defined by its physical and cultural characteristics. A region is areas that are similar and have definite characteristics. The movement is the way people, products, and ideas travel from one place to another. Human-environmental interaction is the relationship between humans and the environment in a certain area.

Ancient Greece was not only a place of discoveries and inventions, but it also was a place of great adventures. Firstly, ancient Greece begins in the period known as the Archaic Period which lasted from 800-500 BCE; however, the Classical Period is the most well-known period of Greece because of the politics, art and philosophy. During ancient Greece there were specific roles that each member of society had to fulfill. For example, men had the most powerful role as a citizen; he could vote, own land and hold office; however, women had stay at home and attend to their family. In contrast, labourers and slaves made up the largest part of Greek society. Aside from Greek social structure, Greek culture and society was immensely impacted by the geography of this peninsula; Greece is surrounded by three

Ancient Greek architecture dates from around 800 BCE when the site of Delphi first obtained a religious significance. The architecture of Ancient Greece has influenced the architecture of the past two millennia most significantly that of Ancient Rome (Hemingway, 2003). Greek architecture influenced Roman architecture in extensive ways, giving that the Romans adopted and incorporated many Greek methods and elements into their own practice. Although the Romans were inspired by the Greek there are still many differences in their architecture most noticeably through materiality. Although the Greeks constructed many types of buildings the most recognisable “Greek” structure is the temple. (Becker, 2015) As stated by Coleen Hemingway in an article for the Metropolitan Museum of Art “ the Greek temple best exemplifies the aims and methods of Greek Architecture”. Whilst exploring such architecture it is necessary to examine the mentality, religious beliefs and driving forces of each civilization. According to Stierlin “Unlike the Greek temple, essentially a structure for the play of light and shade, with little interior space accommodating a small sanctuary, Roman builders typically used arches, vaults, matching domes

When people wonder about Ancient Greece the first thing that comes to their minds is Greek mythology; gods and goddesses that have helped shape many historical events. “In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life.” (“Greek Mythology.”) The civilization showed that numerous characters and stories helped shape Greeks. The beliefs the Greeks had with mythologies was they understood the meaning behind all the characters that are known today. However, to the Greeks, they were not just characters, these were their gods and goddesses who gave them meaning and understanding of the world around them. Worshiping the gods and goddesses helped them with their religious rituals and the temperament of the weather. A famous wine-jar that was made during this time period was “Achilles killing the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, 540-530 BCE, black-figured amphora”. (Khan Academy) The civilization that they lived in grew around their worship and achievements.

The geography of Greece affected its development because of the various islands and mountainous ranges there could not have a central government like Rome. They had polis’ or city states. A strategic political organization tool to control the many islands. The Mediterranean sea, mountains, islands, and climate isolated divided Greece into city states, virtually This led to a personal form of government which was an early form of democracy. City states came in various sizes, ranging from a few thousand inhabitants to a size of Athens. Each Polis was each fiercely independent and jealous of each others leading to fighting. But on the other hand the whole greek civilization was created on the Aegean Sea with deep pitted coastlines creating natural harbors. Making trade that much easier. Greece couldn't trade overland so the need to import and export goods oversee was needed. Greece imported metals, woods, and food from all over Cyprus, Egypt, Sicily. etc. Greece

What is a peninsula in Europe featuring over 2,000 islands? This is no other than Greece. It has been geographically shaped by tectonic plates as well as grabens occurring previously in its age. Consequently, the land is rugged and hilly. In addition to geography, the Greeks have contributed immensely to our world’s culture. In Greece, you can find sculptures, such as the intricately designed Discobolus. Arts and mathematics have also bloomed there due to people such as Archimedes, Aristotle, and Euclid. Throughout this essay, Greece’s location, shape, size, surrounding countries, enclosing bodies of water, landforms, climate, vegetation, as well as government, will be portrayed.

One way was the sea. Athens was located on the Attica peninsula so they were surrounded by water on three sides and Athens built its naval supremacy of Triremes. The Triremes gave Athens control of the Mediterranean Sea so they controlled trade and gained the name the “Big Olive.” A lot of the battles of the Persian war were fought with navies and the Trireme allowed for them to win the narrow straits of Salamis. The sea also greatly impacted economy. The Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Aegean Sea connected all of the land and islands of Ancient Greece so they could trade with one another. The Sea also allowed for travel and they could trade with other countries like Egypt. They could make a profit for their natural resources and benefit from obtaining resources that were not natural to Greece at the time. The biggest impact geography had on Greece was the land. The land was dry with only 20% arable land and it was extremely mountainous. The mountains ran from the northwest part of Greece to the southeast part along the Balkan Peninsula. Due to the dryness, the Greek city states were constantly looking to expand their land and the mountains caused each city state to be spread apart. This made them have decentralized governments. Also due to the mountainous geography, there were over 1000 Greek city states including Athens and Sparta. Land also was on Sparta’s side during the Peloponnesian

Geography has always been a unique and picturesque part of Greece. Greece has amazing mountains and landscapes. Having the geography Greece has, has both positive and negative effects on Greece but the results are ultimately negative. Like the lack of communication and the isolation between communities. Also the natural disaster were negative too.

There were also bad effects too. One effect was that they were right in the middle of an active volcanic zone (Doc 3). The volcanic zone made the people of ancient Greece very nervous because there could be a natural disaster at any moment. Earthquakes are very common for Greece. Earthquakes and volcanoes got the people of Greece believing in Oracles. Oracles are when the gods speak to them through earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. They believed that the gods told them about their future. One more negative affect geography had on ancient Greece was that the city-states would fight against each other. Especially Sparta and Athens, but no single city-state was strong enough to conquer the other. These fights between city-states caused a big war later on. The mountains caused the communities to separate, then the communities turned into city-states. Since the mountains separated the city-states they usually didn’t travel over the mountains to other city-states and couldn’t communicate any other

Greece was a beautiful country of the arts. Ancient Greece’s time was around 2000 to 30 B.C.E. Ancient Greece’s people had to deal with mountainous lands, making it hard to live there. Though these causes were against them, they survived and had beautiful and dramatic plays, arts, and architecture. Greece had many wonderful and terrible leaders, and took over much of the ancient world.. Greece had a very rich religion, counting up thousands of gods. Greece also was known for their arts, from pottery to dramatic plays.

Geography is the study of the physical features on Earth, it includes landscapes, people, places and environments. Geographic features can positively affect the development of civilizations. The civilizations that are impacted by the geographic features are ancient Greece and Egypt. Greece existed from 750 BCE to 600 CE in Europe and Egypt existed from 2575 to 332 BCE in Africa. The geographic features of seas and rivers positively affected the development of ancient Greece and Egypt.

The earliest written accounts of depression date back to texts from ancient Mesopotamia, under the name melancholia. Little was understood about mental health at this point in time, and most mental illnesses and mood disorders were instead treated as demonic possessions. Treatment was left in the hands of religious leaders rather than medical practitioners, and most often involved practices of exorcism; beating and starvation were widely used, and were thought to drive evil spirits out of the bodies they afflicted.

Geography affected the society, culture, and trade in the Greek city-state of Athens. It also impacted social, political, and economical patterns. From the small city-states to the vast countries they wouldn’t be how they are today without the impact on geography. The climate, the region, and the sea are all important aspects of the geography of Athens.