Blog Day Sixteen: More about Greece

Today in class we continued taking notes on the PowerPoint (Ancient) Greece is the Word. I wrote down that 1/4 of the land of Greece is fertile, but only 20% of that land is arable, which means it is suitable for farming. Another thing that I found important was what was in the Greek diet. The Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives, and fish. The temperature in Greece ranged from low 40's in the winter to mid 80's in the summer. Because of their mild climate they were active, outdoorsy people. Now onto the three civilizations that we learned about. The first was the Mycenaeans. They lived on a rocky ridge in Peloponnesus and had a 20 feet thick wall protecting them. When they conquered Crete in 1400 B.C. they adopted many parts of Crete's culture. This would later be called cultural diffusion. After them was the Dorians. Their civilization led the Western area into the Dark Ages. The Dorians were very isolated, and they didn't like to trade, which eventually led to their downfall. Today we had this class last, so I will see you on Friday!