March 2nd Cyber Day: Ancient Greece

• Mesopotamia- located on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Egypt- Located on the Nile River.
• India- Located on the Indus River.
• China- Located on the Huang he River.
• The Mediterranean Basin is all the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
• It important in the understanding the origin and development of the cultures.
• Very mountainous edges on the basin.
• The significance of Greece's location is that is on the Mediterranean Sea, so trade, and other things they used water for was available to them at all times.
• Greece's topography is a very mountainous and there are many islands off of the mainland.
• They are surrounded by water of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Greece's surroundings include ,of course, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey to the east, Italy to the west, Yugoslavia to the north, and Egypt (top of Africa) to the south.
• The Ionian Sea is between Italy and Greece.
• The Aegean Sea is between Turkey and Greece.
• The Adriatic sea is located Northwest of Greece.
• The island of Crete is located to the south on Greece.
• This would all affect the culture of Greece because they would probably be a successful place because they could trade with many other civilizations by sea and land. Also they could import materials to build great big statues.

The Ionian Sea is between Italy and Greece.

The Aegean Sea is between Turkey and Greece.

The Adriatic sea is located Northwest of Greece.

The island of Crete is located to the south on Greece.

The Mediterranean Sea is located mostly to the south of Greece.

Athens is located to the North of the Mediterranean Sea. There are some parts of Greece still to the west of Athena. Athena is located Northeast of Sparta. Sparta is located a little bit inland of Greece. Sparta is surrounded by water except part of the island to the North. Sparta is Southwest of Athena.