Ancient Greece Part 2

Today in Mr. Schick's Western Civilizations's class we continued to expand our knowledge on Ancient Greece. We learned that although the valleys were fertile they only covered close to a quarter of the peninsula,  and only about 20% is arable. Arable meaning able to farm. the Greek diet consisted of grains, grapes, olives, and fish. there lack of resources most led them to Greek colonization. In Greece back then the temp. ranged from mid 40s in winter to the mid 80s in the summer. We then talked about how Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on the Peloponnesus protected by a 20 foot thick wall. The kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 B.C.E. They controlled trade in the region, and in 1400 B.C.E the Mycenaean's  invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture (Writing system, language, art, politics, literature, and religion). After these notes i left the class due to a doctors app.