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peninsula
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chunk of land with water on 3 sides
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mediterranean sea
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largest body of water in south europe\n~people live on coast because it has good farmland
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Loess
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rich soil left by glaciers
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Taiga
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thick forest made up of coniferous trees
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minoans
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lived on the isands
~developed writing and trade |
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Mycaneans
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ived on main lands
took over minoans adopted the system Collapsed for unknown reasons in 1200 BC |
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city states
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city that controls the villages nearby and farmland
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cultural hearth
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center of new ideas that spread
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Aristarchus
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discovered the earth goes around the sun before anyone else
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Herodontus
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father of the history |
