Expert: Maria - 11/8/2008

Question
What effect did mountins and seas have on the Greeks?

Answer
Hello,

It’s obvious that the presence of mountains  caused the seclusion of certain part of the Greeks who lived just in some mountainous areas where such a  physical isolation caused life to become static, while on the contrary the proximity to the sea was  an advantage for people who could increase home trade as well as external trade,  and  moreover could travel overseas and then could found colonies either in Asia Minor (today Turkey) or in Southern Italy, for example.

In short, mountains caused isolation, while sea bred expansion and wealth.
This synthetically, of course!

Best regards,
Maria