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Glossary

 

Weather

Greece has very hot, dry summers. Rain only falls in winter. This restricts crops in many areas to grapes and olives and the animals to sheep and goats. However, there are also rolling plains that are ideal for growing crops like wheat and barley. As only a certain amount of food could be obtained locally, the Ancient Greeks built boats to fish and to trade what they had. There was no sugar, so honey or boiled grape juice are were used as sweeteners. There were often wars when cities wanted to take over the land of a neighbouring city.

Mountains

Greece is made up almost entirely of mountainous land with only small areas of lowlands. The mountains are beautiful but made it hard to farm and make a living. They also made it hard to travel and communicate with people a distance away.

The mountains divided the cities in Ancient Greece and each city had it's own customs and ideas.

A typical Greek view