Blog Post #19 - Ancient Greece (Powerpoint Part 1) -

     Here's everything I wrote down from the powerpoint that I didn't already have in my notes:

Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates River
Egypt/Nile River
India/Indus River
China/Huang He River

Be able to identify the following (on the test):
-Aegean Sea
-Ionian Sea
-Adriatic Sea (north of Ionian Sea)
-Pelopnnesus
-Athens
-Sparta
-Crete
-Asia Minor
-Macedonia

Notes:
- 2,000 islands in Ionian and Aegean Sea
- they had many skilled workers such as sailors, shipbuilders, farmers, metalworkers, weavers and potters
- it was difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain
- 20% of the land was arable (sustainable for farming)
- Greek diet was grapes, olives, grains, and fish
- the "Homeric Question" is wondering if Homer was actually a mythical creature himself
~ a blind wandering man and heroic figure
~ Iliad and Odessey may have been formed by many generations of storytelling
~ or he may have actually existed