Class 1/16, First Day of Western Civ

Today we had our very first class of the new semester and we started to read about Greece. We also  welcomed two new members to our class. Anna and Jillian are now apart of our class. There was also quite a debate as to why certain people got only so many point for class participation. Also there was some discrepancy because some people who got high grades said that they didn't even deserve them and other people did. 

Notes:

• The roots of Greek culture are based on interaction of the Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian cultures
• Ancient Greece was not a unite country
• Overall geography- mountainous peninsula, Mediterranean Sea is off the coast, ancient Greece included about 2,000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian Sea, the region's physical geography directly shaped Greek traditions and customs
• The world's great civilizations are all located on water (usually)
• Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Egypt/ Nile River
• India/ Indus River
• China/ Huang He River
• Greece is surrounded by the Adriatic, Aegean, and Ionian Seas
• Mediterranean- middle of the Earth