Beginning of Greece Unit- Cool story in this one

Notes

• All great civilizations were centered around great rivers

1. Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates rivers
2. Egypt- Nile River
3. India- Indus river
4. China- Huang He river

• Mediterranean translates to "Middle of the Earth". It is named this because the surrounding civilizations knew it was in the middle of everything, so they named it for it's location according to them
• Adriatic sea is to the West of Greece
• Aegean Sea is to the East of Greece
• The island of Crete is South of Greece
• Athens was the most important city state
• Greece is very mountainous
• Greece is a peninsula, adding to the trend back then of being awesome and being near water
• Greek culture was copied by the Romans in many ways
• City states often battles

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

WHAT I IMAGINED WHEN YOU WERE EXPLAINING HOMER

Homer when he won the war- 

On his way home- 

Cyclops, a bunch of these guys locking Homer up - 

Homer's son watching his mom- 

of your journey into my mind