Day 1: Start Over

In Western Civilization, I get to start fresh on a new blog. Here are the notes that I took today:

Geography shaped the Greek Life

People say that the geography around Greece really impacted their society in many different ways.

• The Sea
• Greeks lived around the sea.
• They used the sea to travel and trade with other nations, which compensated for the fact that Greece had little natural resources.
• The Land
• Mountains divided Greece into regions, which affected it politically.
• The mountains covered 3/4 of Greece.
• and the Climate

Land forms might have played an important role in Greek history. but the roots of Greek culture are based on 3 cultures. The interactions of the Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian were really important for the cultural development of Greece.

The Mycenaean were located in southern Greece, surrounded by a protective wall. They started trading with the Minoans, and also adapted to some of their abilities, such as their writing style. The Mycenaean were the ones who fought in the Trojan war.

Another important thing in the reading was that Homer was a blind storyteller, who would write epics, which were narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds. Finally, a Greek myth is a traditional story about the gods.