Geography of Greece
Greece is a country with an interesting geography that is diverse in many senses. The location of Greece itself, as well as the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere come together to form the cumulative geography of the country. These categories of geography interact with each other to form Greece as it is. The location, its longitude and latitude, effects the country’s climate, or its atmosphere. Likewise, the country’s relationship to water, the hydrosphere also effects the climate. This is just one example of how the different categories and characteristics of a place’s geography can effect it.
I. LOCATION
The country of Greece, also known as the Hellenic Republic, is called Hellas or Ellada by natives. This Mediterranean country in southeast Europe is approximately 50, 942 sq. miles and contains about 9,000 miles of coastline which includes the islands of the country. While the total number of islands is not concrete due to discrepancies over the qualifications to count each body of land surrounded by water as an island, the number of inhabited islands is 227. Greece has many interesting geographical features, such as its overall mountainous landscape which makes up 80% of the country, with its highest point, and possibly most famous geographical feature being Mount Olympus which reaches 9,570 ft. (2917 meters). The country of Greece ranges in absolute location with its northern-most occurring at N 41° 44' 33’’ and its southern-most point at N 34° 32' 33” on the island of Cyprus. The Cyprus also hold the most eastward point of the country at E 34° 38' 3” while its most western point is at E 20° 20' 30”. Greece is bordered by the countries of Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. Likew...
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Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities is a concise and surprisingly refined assessment of the Ancient Greek world, from the early dark ages to late Antiquity, told uniquely through the history of eleven city-states or “polis”. Paul Cartledge’s Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, details the cultural traditions, trade, and politics that laid the foundation of the sprawling Aegean civilization. By examples of the successful polis Cnossos on the island of Crete, and continuing through to the rise of iconic Sparta, it is easy to trace the development of Greek civilization. The emergence of Classical Greece is examined in the accounts of Athens, Syracuse, and Thebes while the descriptions of Alexandria are symbolic of the transition into the Hellenistic age. A final discussion of the rise of Byzantium notes the decline of city-state independence. Arguably, Cartledge’s paradoxical title of the book surprisingly captures the key events detailing the history of the Greek civilization.
Greece is the birthplace of today’s most popular form of government: democracy. Greece is also a beautiful country with a very rich culture and traditions, serving as a summer attraction for more than 15 million people every year. Greece’s influence in our daily lives is apparent around the whole world. We find characteristics of Greece’s culture in the literature we study, the buildings we work and live in, the food we eat and the artistic features of our entertainment. However, not even Greece’s bright and honorable past can avoid this brutal crisis that has affected various sectors of the country along with its population. Greece joined the EU in 1981 and two decades later, in 2001, Greece abandoned the Drachma (the old currency) and adopted the Euro. This decision, even today, has been controversial and has been the cause of many discussions and
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Both Gaugamela and Babylon are identified as being in Persia, rather than in Assyria and Babylonia. While both places were part of the Persian Empire, it doesn’t make sense to identify them as being Persian. And one of Aristotle’s maps shows “Greece” as spread across the southern Balkans incorporating what today would include Greece, but also Albania, Bulgaria, and sections of former Yugoslavia. These regions had never been considered as part of “Greece” in ancient times. In the end it is not as important to include everything because then the movie would be too long for a viewer. What is important is to insure that what is included is historically accurate within the bounds of reason.
?The main reason for the existence of Corinth is the same reason for its greatness.? The ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world produced this city out of geographical and commercial necessity.? The southern most part of Greece is very nearly an island, attached to the main landmass by only a four mile wide isthmus, with the Corinthian Gulf to the west, and the Saronic Gulf to the east.? Corinth sits along this narrow isthmus, making itself one of the most important trading and commercial centers of the ancient world.? Corinth was positioned perfectly between the two greatest political city-states in ancient Greece, Athens to the north and Sparta to the south; because, any traffic from these two cities, as well as anywhere else to the north and south, had no choice but to pass through Corinth.? The east and west traffic, on the other hand, had a choice to pass or not pass through Corinth, though limited as that choice was (Barclay 1).? The only way to sail east to west in the Mediterranean was all the way around the southern tip of Greece, known as Cape Malea.? Cape Malea was considered the most dangerous Cape in all the Mediterranean due to its high seas, contrary winds, and difficult navigation (Engel...
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Geography affected the civilization of Ancient Greece. The geography affected Ancient Greece culturally because they Greeks believed that the gods created the land. This affects the culture because it is apart of the religion and that probably affects the way they use the land and how they perform their religion. Economically speaking the geography of Ancient Greece was in their favor and also not because of all of the islands trades were easier because they had multiple routes and they were north of the Mediterranean Sea which also helps with trades, the downfall to this is that most of the routes are very narrow which could lead to collision, but otherwise it was very resourceful. The geography also affected Ancient Greece Politically, if
The physical geography of Ancient Greece promoted and impeded Greece in many ways. A few ways the mountains of Greece promoted the country were that they acted like a barrier to block out intruders, the mountains provided resourceful natural resources like gold, iron, and coal, and the mountains provided rocks for building. Ways that the mountains impeded the country, however, were that they split the country into various regions, Trade became hard to do on land because of them, and because of the mountains the Ancient Greeks couldn’t grow crops on most of their land.
In Ancient Greece they use many of their geography to help them be the civilization that they wanted to be. The mountains help them be isolated and separate from other city-state making them more independent. They use the Mediterranean Sea to provide farming to provide additional crops, but they became master sailors and developed a large trading network to be able to trade with others. The climate was always hot and dry, which sometimes affected the growth of the crops for that season.
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The Greek culture has had a huge impact on the history of the world. There is something Greek in almost everything, especially in the world’s architecture. Greece no longer had one king, so they focused on building temples for their gods. Architecture began small and plain but evolved into impressive pieces of art. As time passed from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic period, the people of Greece developed a type of formula for their buildings and their pieces of art.