greece interactive map by Lauren Almodovar https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek en-us 2022-11-15 19:09:59 UTC 2026-02-15 19:59:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ec-1f1f7.png Balkan Peninsula laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385391602  The Balkans is known for its stunning architecture]]> 2022-11-15 19:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385391602 Macedonia laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385392189 Macedonia Is Home To the deepest underwater cave in the world Located in the Canyon of Matka, Cave Vrelo is one of the world's largest underwater caves. Several attempts to explore the cave fully, but no one knows just how deep it is]]> 2022-11-15 19:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385392189 Athens, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385396059 Athens lies historically in the very heart of Greece as it is known as the birthplace of democracy and home to some of the most significant philosophers.]]> 2022-11-15 19:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385396059 Aegean Sea laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385396848 The Aegean Sea has been historically important, especially in regards to the civilization of Ancient Greece, who inhabited the area around the coast of the Aegean and the Aegean islands. The Aegean islands facilitated contact between the people of the area and between Europe and Asia.]]> 2022-11-15 19:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385396848 Crete, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385398129 1. Crete is Known to Be the Birthplace of Zeus.
2. The Oldest Olive Trees in The World.

]]> 2022-11-15 19:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385398129 Asia Minor, Heraklion, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385398509 1. The ancient Greeks of Asia Minor were crucial to the development of Western poetry, prose, history, medicine, philosophy, and science. Indeed, they were the first great thinkers of antiquity. 

2. Later, Alexander the Great spread Hellenic civilization into Asia Minor.]]> 2022-11-15 19:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385398509 Delphi, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401297
Delphi was an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. Developed in the 8th century B.C., the sanctuary was home to the Oracle of Delphi and the priestess Pythia, who was famed throughout the ancient world for divining the future and was consulted before all major undertakings
]]> 2022-11-15 19:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401297 Knossos, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401554 1. The first palace at Knossos was built at the beginning of the Middle Minoan period (2000–1580 bc). It consisted of isolated structures built around a rectangular court. 
2. Knossos produced fine polychrome pottery on a black glazed ground during this period. About 1720 bc a destructive earthquake leveled most of Knossos.]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401554 Mycenae, Mykines, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401925
1.Mycenae is perhaps best known in mythology as the city of Agamemnon, the son of Atreus. 

2.King Agamemnon led the expedition against Troy during the Trojan War, which Homer accounted in his epic poem the Iliad.
]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385401925 Mykonos, Mikonos, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402130 1. There are slightly over 10,000 permanent residents on the island (2011 census). ...
2. Mykonos' nickname is The Island of the Winds due to the strong Meltemi winds that blow often but it may also be referred to as the Queen of the Cyclades.

]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402130 Sparta, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402411 1. The term "spartan" is often used to describe something simple or without comfort.
2. The Spartans considered themselves to be direct descendents of the Greek hero Hercules.


]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402411 Thèbes, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402644 Thebes was the seat of the legendary king Oedipus and the locale of most of the ancient Greek tragedies—notably Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone—and of other compilations about the fate of Oedipus, his wife-mother, and his children.]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402644 Mt Olympus National Park, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402932
It is one of the highest peaks in europe. In Greek mythology Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora. It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938
]]> 2022-11-15 19:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385402932 Santorini, Greece laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385403417 1. The entire island of Santorini is actually a volcanic rock.
2.  It has taken thousands of volcanic eruptions for the island to be formed.]]> 2022-11-15 19:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385403417 Mediterranean Sea laurenalmodovar99 https://padlet.com/laurenalmodovar99/2607pxrjd8d9deek/wish/2385404412 1. The Mediterranean borders 22 different countries. 
2. Two different island nations exist within the sea.

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