Why Ancient Greece's Isolated Islands

As the sunsets over the mountains and the sea. The sun bounces off the water, to create a beautiful glistening, better than any other. This is Greece. Greece is located South-East Europe. It is surrounded with mountains, hills, and beautiful oceans and seas. Today we will talk about, its Isolated Communities, Farming, Colonies Across the Sea, and Trading. Those are the topics we will be talking about today.

First up top bat is all of Greece’s Isolated Colonies.The mountains and the seas of Greece contributed greatly to the isolation of ancient Greek communities. Because travel over the mountains and across the water was so difficult, the people in different settlements had little trade with each other. Traveling by water was easier than traveling by land. According to Teachtci, “You can see on the map on this page that mainland Greece is a peninsula, made up of smaller peninsulas. Ancient Greeks were never far from the water.” Therefore as you can see, since travel was a challenge because of the mountains, rough roads. You couldn’t really communicate with one another, so you had to stay close to sea to travel, trade, and
According to TeachTCI, “Many Greek settlements on the mainland relied on trade with each other to get needed goods. Some had enough farmland to meet their own needs, so they were less dependent on trade.” The Greeks traded among the city-states, with Greek colonies, they also went the distance and went to the the wider Mediterranean region. With more evidence form Teachtci, “Most goods were carried on ships owned by merchants. These ships were built of wood, with large rectangular cloth sails. Merchants had ships built, not for speed, but for space to hold goods.” When the Greeks had to navigate these ships, it was difficult. The Greeks had no compasses or charts. They had only the stars to guide them. Therefore trade was very important in the ancient Greece. Remember, “They only had the stars to guide