class

today in class we went over what we learned about from the text book. we also talked about how all great civilizations started near or on a river. The reason they did this was because you need water for drinking, farming, transportation, and cleaning. we will most likely not have school Monday or Tuesday (:

ancient greece

Greece was a collection of separate lands where Greek speaking people lived.
 The Minoans had great power in the Mediterranean world.
Greece includes about 2000 islands.
The islands and peninsulas had a great impact of Greek lifestyles and culture.
rugged land made land travel very difficult during that time.
average temperature during winter is 48 degrees and average temperature during summer was 80 degrees.
trade helped all the islands and city states flourish. They became interdependent on each other, and were constantly relying on each other.
The Trojan war was a 10 year war fought between Mycenaean and Trojans.
the stories about the Trojan wars are completely fictional.