Western civ day 15

• All of the worlds greatest civilizations are located near bodies of water
• India/Indus River 
• China/Huang He river
• Egypt/The Nile
• Mesopotamia/ Tigris+Euphrates 
• the bodies of water that surround Greece are... 
• Aegean Sea 
• Ionian Sea
• Adriatic Sea
• the large island south of Greece is Crete

• most cities controlled 50-500 square miles of land
• cities often had fewer than 10,000 people
• rulers and commoners did not get along
• tyrants were sometimes helpful, unlike today
• Draco took power in 621
• he developed a legal code
• code dealt with. criminals harshly
• upheld slavery 
• Solon came to power in 594
• stated that citizens should not own other citizens 
• shared concepts of pressing charges, voting, and that only high class officials can rule
• around 1200 B.C.E the Mycenaeans were conquered by the "Sea people"
• Dorians moved in around 1150 B.C.E
• they were less advanced 
• there was no writing for 400 years 
• Homer told stories around Greece
• the Iliad - about the trojan war
• the Odyssey - Poseidon tries to stop Odessius from returning home