classical greece

 

-      2000 BC- 300 BC

-      A new form of government developed in the Greek city-state of Athens. This form of government allowed the citizens to exercise some power

-      Alexander the great spread Greek culture throughout much of Asia

-      Athens assumed control of a defense league and eventually built it into an empire. Later, alexander conquered the Persian empire and went on to create a new empire

-      Ancient Greece consisted of mainly a mountainous peninsula, jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea. It included about 2,000 islands in the Deegan and Ionian seas.

-      The sea shaped Greek civilization just as rivers shaped ancient civilizations of Egypt, the fertile crescent, and other areas such as India and China.

-      Rugged mountains covered about three-fourths of ancient Greece. The mountain chains ran from mainly the northwest to southeast but sometimes it changed.

Mountains divided the lands into a number of different regions. This significantly influenced the Greek political life. In the ancient times, the uneven terrain also made land transportation difficult. There were only a few roads and they were made of dirt.