Geography of Ancient Greece Handout 1

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Geography of Ancient Greece Handout 1 At the same time that the Shang dynasty was ruling much of the Huang He River valley and the Egyptian pharaohs were building the New Kingdom along the Nile, another civilization was beginning, along the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The civilization was that of the ancient Greeks. In Greece, there was no great river carrying layers of fertile silt to create rich farmland. Instead of finding themselves in an environment provided by a river valley, ancient Greeks found themselves on a peninsula, a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by the sea, with a rocky landscape that offered few natural resources.

• large peninsula southwest of attica
• produce surpluses
• natural resources for early people
• greece
• amount of fertile land
• mediterranean area
• travel across the terrain
• mediterranean cultures