On Friday I was home sick. I still have a bit of a cold actually. Anyway, Socrates is cool. Have a good day.

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Notes for Greece.

In ancient times, Greece was not a united country. It was composed of several separate city states in which Greek speaking people lived. The Minoans created a civilization that had great power in the Mediterranean area. Near the same time, people form the plains along the Black Sea and Anatolia migrated and settled into mainland Greece.

The geography of Ancient Greece can most easily be described as being a rugged and mountainous landscape surrounded by water and also consisting of thousands of islands spread across the Mediterranean Sea. Specifically, the Aegean and Ionian Sea. The sea was very important to the Ancient Greeks it. It was their main source of trade and resources form other lands.

Greece has a varied climate. The temperature ranged from 48 degrees in the winter all the way to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. The moderate temperatures allowed for outdoor life for many of the ancient Greeks. They met together outside for public events and other aspects of social life.

The Mycenaean Civilization.

A large wave of Indo-Europeans from the Eurasian steppes migrated and settles into what is now known as mainland Greece at around 2000  B.C. They were known the Mycenaean. Their name came from one of their leading cities, Mycenae.