Asia Minor Standard 10.1 This is the area were most civilization began in prehistory and history. With many water ways and food source the fertile crescent.
(2000 B.C.E - 1450 B.C.E.). Crete The earliest civilization associated with Greece was on the island of Crete It is the largest island off mainland Greece.
Chapter 4, Sections 1 and 2 Ancient Greece. Mountains 80 percent of Greece is mountainous 80 percent of Greece is mountainous Mountains isolated Greeks.