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The geography of Greece affected the city-states in a multitude of ways. This list is not exhaustive, but mentions several important ways that the geography affected the City-States:
1) Minimal Land Travel: The Greek Mainland (Thrace, Epirus, Boetia, Attica, and the Peloponnesus) is among the most mountainous and hilly land in all of Europe, making land travel between the city-state minimal. It also directed their efforts away from expanding their influence primarily over land and explains why non-coastal regions of Greece took the longest to develop.
2) Marine Travel and Naval Strength: Most of the city-states were relatively close to the water, especially those found on Crete, Cyprus, the Dodecanese Islands, or Cycladic Islands. Greek city-states favored marine travel which was more reliable and cost-effective than land travel. As a result, many city-states had strong navies as opposed to having strong armies. (Sparta is the one major exception to that rule.) The lack of rivers also pressured the Greeks towards sea travel for long-distance trade and foodstuffs.
3) Chronic Disunity: Because of the prevalence of strong navies, the difficulty of land travel, and the presence of many invasion choke-points (the most famous being Thermopylae), the Greek city-states were never completely unified until Alexander the great conquered them all. (Sparta did defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War, but only held onto that victory for a very short time. In addition, Sparta never expanded its power into Boetia or over the Cycladic Islands - which would have been the next logical places to expand.)
4) Pastoralism and Fishing: The mountainous terrain made growing crops very difficult. The two crops that the Greeks were able to cultivate were olives and wheat, but wheat was much more difficult to maintain than the olives. This forced Greeks to resort to pastoralism (primarily animal-based agriculture) and they raised goats, sheep, and pigs. As a result, there was a lot of dairy and meat in the Greek diet relative to contemporaneous civilizations (although significantly less than today). In addition, because of the access to the sea, Greek cuisine included vast amounts of shellfish, mollusks, and proper fishes.
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Why was trade impossible in ancient Greece?
In ancient Greece, there were many rules and laws which made trade difficult. Also, the mountains were difficult to traverse and there were not many rivers to travel on.
What geographical feature are found in Greece?
Mountains rivers, sea, many islands, volcanos, lakes, forests, etc.
What physical features did the Ancient Greeks have?
Greece had many mountains and rivers that kept them apart, causing them to have city-states
What was Greece like?
Greece has many mountains and is mostly surrounded by water and rivers and it is mostly suuny and very hot it doent snow like where we live in England
What kinds of landforms did the ancient Greece have?
It had mountains,lakes,rivers,hills,and it was on a peninisula with many smaller peninsulas on it. and nutsacks of cours
What group of mountains are the source of many rivers in the west?
The rocky mountains are the greatest source of rivers in the west. The rocky mountains form the continental divide.
Are there any rivers in Brazil?
there are many mountains
What are the landforms in Greece?
i used this answer on my final and i hope u like it mountains and agean sea i got an a on my finals so tis will help u
What other rivers flow in the Rocky Mountains?
there are no rivers flowing in to the mountains however many flow out --Colorado-- SouthPlatte--RioGrande--Laramie--
How many rivers did Lewis and clark cross?
they passed 34 rivers in the rocky mountains
What Greece looks like?
Greece has many mountains and hills, and is mostly surrounded by water.
How many mountains in Greece?
Because there are so many mountains throughout Europe, refer to the link below for a list of European mountains. You can search mountains either by country or by range.
