Why do you think ionian sea was important to the Greeks?

Answer 1

The sea influnced them to live a more "blue" life. Looking in to the sea , It spirituality tells almost like a secrect code to most people. Anceint Greeks back then would fish out in the sea/

Answer 2

the Greeks lived on the Mediterranean Sea... so I would say that one. They knew of the Black sea and the Caspian sea; and the ancient Greeks believed the Atlantic Ocean to be a world encompassing sea.

Answer 3

Aside from being one of the water borders of Greece, it was the body of water the Corinthians had to cross to establish their colony at Syracuse.

In myth, it was the body of water over which Io escaped Hera's persecution, landing in Egypt. It was there that she bore Zeus' son, Epaphus.

Answer 4

Most of the main Greek ports were located on the southern or eastern costs of Greece, mainly because of the topography of the country. Additionally, prevailing winds would come from the north or northwest most of the time, making travel across the Aegean easier than travel across the Ionian (the sea that borders the western side).

Also, historically, the seat of civilization was in Mesopotamia, in the east, meaning that as culture traveled north along the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, then into the Mediterranean, the Greeks would have had much more in the way of lucrative trade and alliances to the East rather than to the west.

Answer 5

Because the land was very mountainous and hard to travel. So the sea was used as a way of communication, food and trade.

Answer 6

Because Poseidon was their god of the sea and many more, and Poseidon is one of the Big Three.

Answer 7

they settled on the town and sailed the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas to trade their olive oil and wool.

Answer 8

They relied on them for fish as a major source of food, for long distance transportation, for trade, and for maritime warfare.

Answer 9

It was the highway used to spread their cities around it.

Answer 10

i don’t know