Greece

Today we went over our test from the other day on Ancient Egypt. After that, we took these notes on Greece:

• The world's greatest civilizations are all located on rivers
• Mesopotamia is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• Egypt is located on the Nile river
• India is located on the Indus river
• China is located on the Huang He river
• Greece is located between the Ionian and Aegean seas
• Rivers provided key essentials for a great civilization like bathing, irrigation, fishing, drinking, and transportation)
• Water is a dependable source
• Greece is between Italy and Turkey, South of Yugoslavia
• 1,400 islands surround Greece 
• Greece has many mountains which makes it easier to sail around than travel across
• The Greeks are very skilled sailers, navigators, and ship building
• Terra means "Earth" and Mediterranean means "Middle of the Earth"
• Greece goes into the Mediterranean sea