A large part of Ancient Greece were individual islands in the Aegean Sea, west of the Greek mainland. Greece was surrounded by water on three sides by the Ionian, Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas. How did geography affect ancient Greece? Greece was very mountainous and occupied numerous islands....
Greece has had a troubled relationship with Turkey over the island of Cyprus, which has a large Greek population. Cyprus is divided into Greek and Turkish areas, and is monitored by the United Nations to make sure neither country starts a fight over the island. Greek people and culture Tradit...
Key Facts & InformationGREEK MYTHOLOGYGreek mythology was used to explain the environment, the natural phenomena and the days, months, and seasons. Myths were also connected to religion and explained the origin and lives of the gods, where humans had come from, and where it was going after ...
Greek Nature FactsAt one time most of Greece was forests, but many of those have disappeared as they were cut down for firewood, lumber and to make room for farms.Most of the country was forested at one time. Over the centuries, the forests were cut down for firewood, lumber, and to ...
Ancient Greek Architecture influenced the succeeding era of architecture and is preserved and used all over the world.
Greek ‘myths’ (short for mythology) are a series of stories about the Gods and magical beings of Greece. We’ll bet you’ve heard of some of the famous – and infamous! – characters already, such as Heracles, (the strongest man on Earth) Zeus, (the God of the sky and king of ...
To learn more, check out the lesson called Ancient Greece Facts: Lesson for Kids. This lesson will help you learn how to: Tell what you might do at an ancient Greek gymnasium' Name a play that ancient Greeks would have gone to see Describe some toys their children played with Practic...
The Greek philosopher Herodotus called Egypt "the gift of the Nile." The ancient Egyptians divided their calendar according to the Nile, with the first season being inundation, the second was for growing, the third for harvesting. Stones of all types were found in the deserts and mountains of...
Dense jungle also kept China from dominating Southeast Asia, but perhaps the most impressive barrier was the Himalaya Mountains, which separated China from the river valleys of India's Indus and Ganges rivers. Read Ancient China Geography | Facts, Isolation & Location Lesson ...
One of the main reasons for the construction of the Parthenon and the other temples that surrounded it, according to Plutarch, the great Greek biographer writing centuries after the building was completed, was the need to deal with growing unemployment. Pericles hoped that by embarking on a major...