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ABOUT 80% OF GREECE IS MADE OF HUGE MOUNTAINS. THE PINDUS MOUNTAINS DIVIDE THE MAINLAND WHICH ISOLATES GREEKS. COME VISIT OLYMPUS AND SEE THE HIGHEST PEAK IN GREECE!

THE AEGEAN, MEDITERRANEAN, AND IONIAN SEAS MAKE UP THE EASTERN, WESTERN, AND SOUTHERN BORDERS OF GREECE. THEY PROVIDE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW IN ALMOST ANY PART OF GREECE.

THE MINOAN CIVILIZATION WAS NAMED AFTER MINOS, THE LEGENDARY KING OF CRETE. THEY CREATED FINE POTTERY AND JEWELRY WHICH THEY USED TO TRADE FOR OTHER GOODS. THEY SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC END FROM A VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN 1450 B.C.

THE MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION REACHED ITS HIGHPOINT AROUND 1400 B.C. MYCENEANS WERE WARRIORS WHO PRIDED THEMSELVES ON THEIR HEROIC DEEDS IN BATTLE. THE CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED BY 1100 B.C. BECAUSE OF CONFLICT AND EARTHQUAKES.

DURING THE DARK AGES, MANY GREEKS LEFT THE MAINLAND FOR VARIOUS OTHER ISLANDS. DURING THIS TIME IRON REPLACED BRONZE IN THEIR TOOLS AND THEY ADOPTED THE PHOENICIAN ALPHABET. HOMER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST POETS OF ALL TIME AND HE EMERGED DURING THE DARK AGES IN GREECE.