Ancient Greece

Most of the great civilizations of the world were located near rivers such as Mesopotamia located near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers or Egypt located around the Nile river. But in Ancient Greece's case, This civilization was surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, the Ionian sea, and the Aegean sea. Also Ancient Greece's land seems to be elevated meaning it was a very rocky land with mountains towards the center of the country. Since Greece has this type of geography the civilization could have been very isolated from the rest of the world. This can affect there culture by allowing the Greeks to have one official religion of Greece and to have there own government system. These factors of Greece can go unaffected from the rest of the world. There is a large island south of Greece called Crete. Athens was located near the sea, and Sparta was located in an area surrounded by mountains and it had a river going through it.