Greece

             We moved onto the chapter on Greece today. I already knew a little bit about Greece from the assignment over the weekend, but i learned some new things also. For an example, i didn't know an acropolis was a beautiful structure located at the highest point in Greece. Although it is pretty worn down now, it was amazing when it was first built. Around 3500 B.C. megalithic structure began to appear in Europe, Stonehenge being the most popular. The way that the barbarians built these fascinating structures is still a widely conversed mystery today. In 2500 the Indo- European nomads from the steppes migrated into Europe. Barbarians were tribes of Indo-European people who came in contact with civilization  Barbarians tribes were very war-like. They didn't have kings and queens, they had chiefs and warriors. A tribe is a clan of people tied together by similar customs, culture, or beliefs.  Sometimes tribes would battle one another to obtain metals, food etc.
              We also talked about geography. The Ionian and the Aegean Sea, both part of the Mediterranean Sea, surround Greece. It is a very mountainous peninsula. Mountains make up about 3/4 of Greece. Also, about 1,400 islands reside in the Mediterranean.