Geography

By. chs1Nathan Link to The British Museum
 * Mainland Greece is a mountainous place almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Greece has more than 1400 islands. The country has mild winters and long, hot and dry summers. The ancient Greeks were a seafaring people. They traded with other countries around the Mediterranean. A lot of cities created settlements overseas known as colonies.Greek cities were founded around the Black Sea, North Africa, Italy, Sicily, France and Spain. Many legends grew up about the strange lands and creatures that could be found across the sea.**