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Ancient Greece History
The land of Greece is made up of
mainland Greece and the numerous islands scattered throughout the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. It is a mountainous country with hot dry summers and rain only in winter. The early Greek settlements developed as small independent communities cut off from each other by the mountains and often competing for the best land, because the fertile arable soil is in short supply. Each of the citystates
which developed out of these communities had a strong individual identity, and citizens were very loyal to their home state and to its patron deity.
