Identify a challenge the merchant ships faced? Many islands or rocks to crash into; they had no lighthouses. The one person who made decisions was called a king. They made decisions with their council of aristocrats.
Q. What challenges did geography create for settlement in Greece and how did people deal with those challenges?
Difficulties of Travel 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 communication with each other. Travel by land was especially hard.
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- Q. What challenges did geography create for settlement in Greece and how did people deal with those challenges?
- Q. What are some challenges Greece faced due to its geography?
- Q. What were two or more challenges the merchant ships faced?
- Q. What clothes do Greece wear?
- Q. What does chiton mean?
- Q. What is the cornerstone of Greek society?
- Q. How do you get to Meteora Greece?
- Q. How do you get to Meteora Mountain Greece?
- Q. Who lives on Meteora Mountain Greece?
Q. What are some challenges Greece faced due to its geography?
The country’s rugged geography makes administration from a central government difficult. A scarcity of arable land combined with poor overland transportation also complicate capital formation, making Greece one of the least developed countries in the eurozone.
Q. What were two or more challenges the merchant ships faced?
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| Where did the Ancient Greeks mostly settle? | Near water |
|---|---|
| Identify two or more challenges merchant ships faced | •No lighthouses helped the ships or the sailors to know what lays ahead •ships had to travel by stars cause their were no compasses or maps |
Q. What clothes do Greece wear?
Clothing in ancient Greece primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. Ancient Greek civilians typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about the body: an undergarment (χιτών : chitōn or πέπλος : péplos) and a cloak (ἱμάτιον : himátion or χλαμύς : chlamýs).
Q. What does chiton mean?
1 : any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous plates. 2 [Greek chitōn] : the basic garment of ancient Greece worn usually knee-length by men and full-length by women.
Q. What is the cornerstone of Greek society?
Family. The cornerstone of Greek society is. Tourism.
Q. How do you get to Meteora Greece?
Without any airports closeby, your only options to get to Meteora are by bus or train. Recommendation: If you have limited time in Greece you can also visit Meteora on a day trip from either Athens or Thessaloniki. These two day tours from Athens and Thessaloniki come highly recommended.
Q. How do you get to Meteora Mountain Greece?
You need to catch the bus going to Trikala (the nearest big town to Kalampaka) and then take the bus to Kalampaka. From there you need to either book a guided tour to the Monasteries, take a taxi or hike there. The train leaves from the New Railway Station in Thessaloniki and goes to Kalmpaka.
Q. Who lives on Meteora Mountain Greece?
In Meteora, monasteries reach toward the heavens. (CNN) — High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship brought them solitude and protection from unwanted trespassers.
