Positive And Negative Impacts On Ancient Greece

In Ancient Greece, the geography has played a huge role in the development of the country, in both positive and negative ways. Positive impacts have made developments to things like trade development, religion, and city-states. Negative impacts that have hurt Greece are the volcanic zone, and the actual land that makes up the country of Greece. The first positive effect geography had on Greece was the mountains throughout Greece. The mountains were difficult to cross so the Greeks had to use the seas to trade, and travel as stated in document one. The mountains also helped the development of religion with Mount Olympus, which was where Olympus was said to be located, above the clouds on the mountain’s peak. Olympus was important as the home