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Ch 25 Geography and the Settlement of Greece

Ch 25 Geography and the Settlement of Greece. Introduction Isolated Communities and the Difficulties of Travel Farming in Ancient Greece Starting Colonies Trading for Needed Goods Summary. Introduction. Flourished between 750 - 338 BC Located in southern Europe Peninsula

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Ch 25 Geography and the Settlement of Greece

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  1. Ch 25 Geography and the Settlement of Greece • Introduction • Isolated Communities and the Difficulties of Travel • Farming in Ancient Greece • Starting Colonies • Trading for Needed Goods • Summary

  2. Introduction • Flourished between 750 - 338 BC • Located in southern Europe • Peninsula • Shaped like a hand • Also includes many islands • Greeks lived on isolated farms or villages

  3. Isolated Communities and the Difficulties of Travel • High mountains • make travel difficult • limited communication • Land travel difficult • People walked or rode in carts pulled by oxen or mules • unpaved roads • Wealthy rode horses • Travelers stayed at inns on main roads • brought their own food and other supplies • Traveled in groups • Danger of bandits • Water travel was easier but uncomfortable and dangerous • Danger of attack by pirates or robbed by dishonest sailors • Sudden storms • Greeks view of the sea • Cautious • sailed close to shore • sailed in the daylight • made a sacrifice to the sea god Poseidon before sailing.

  4. Farming in Ancient Greece • Land • Rocky • No major rivers • Water scarce • Little flat land • Farmers build wide earth steps into hills • Food • Wheat and barley • Grapes and olives • Small vegetable gardens • hillside orchards of fruit and nut trees • Kept bees • Animals • Sheep and goats • graze on mountainsides • Sheep has wool for clothing • Goats provide milk and cheese • oxen, mules, and donkeys • plowing • transportation • pigs and chickens • Shortage of good farmland • Led to wars • Forced settlements to look beyond mainland for new sources of food

  5. Starting Colonies Purpose Communities grew Needed more land to grow food People sent over the sea to grow food and send it home Result Established colonies for more than 300 years Ionia First colony Located in Asia Minor (today - Turkey) Colonies also started in Spain, France, Italy, Africa, and along the coast of the Black Sea. Spread Greek culture Some colonies very wealthy • Process • Asked Greek gods if efforts would be successful • Consulted an oracle • This was a holy person whom they believed could communicate with the gods. • Gathered food and supplies • Took a flame from the town's sacred fire • Journey • Long sea voyage • Find location • natural harbor • good farmland • Local inhabitants could not be too strong • Establish new community and work hard

  6. Trading for Needed Goods • Trade was between city-states, with Greek colonies, and the wider Mediterranean region • Goods traded • Olive oil • pottery • wine • grain • timber • metal • wool • silver and gold • hides • iron • Goods traveled on ships • Ships built of wood • Large rectangular cloth sails • Traveled 3 - 5 miles per hour • Navigation • Used the stars • No compasses or charts

  7. Summary • Greeks settled in isolated communities because of the mountainous geography • Greeks took to the seas • Created new colonies • Trading with other peoples

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