CLA 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Olive Oil
24 Aug 2015
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>greeks lived well beyond their borders; sent colonizing groups etc. >lasting effect in the areas they have been; art, architecture, culture, democracy. >greece is a small country, trade dispersed east to west and vice-versa. >individual city-states; no unity until others come and conquer. They only identify with each other in terms of culture. >the lack of land essentially forces the greeks o go beyond their borders and colonize and explore. >olives, grapes, wine, olive oil, dairy products goat, sheep and occasionally cattle, horses are rare. Fishing was huge, but only on the coastal regions. >trade routes are necessary to acquire resources such iron and tin, needed for bronze. >earliest sign of human habitation in greece is to be 200,000 years ago. >neolithic culture spreads into europe from the middle east 8000 years ago. Greece is the first place in europe where the neolithic culture spreads.
