1. Which regions formed the main setting of ancient Greek civilization before it spread across the Mediterranean?
2. What best explains how the ancient Greeks could share a civilization without forming a unified state?
3. A timeline places a civilization on Crete between 3000 and 1450 BC; which period does that date range identify?
Where did ancient Greek civilization develop?
In the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean islands, and the coasts of Asia Minor.
Where did ancient Greek civilization later spread?
Throughout the Mediterranean.
What did ancient Greeks share despite lacking a unified state?
A language, religion, culture, and worldview.
What political form did the ancient Greeks lack?
A unified state.
When did Minoan civilization flourish on Crete?
From 3000 to 1450 BC.
When did Mycenaean civilization flourish in mainland Greece?
From 1600 to 1200 BC.
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