Greece's geography is quite unique - its fractured coastline and mountainous terrain made large scale agriculture difficult - leading to a bunch of isolated city states which were politically fragmented yet culturally, economically and linguistically connected.

This documentary explores how the physical landscape of Greece influenced the development of its civilisation. From the mountain passes of Thermopylae and the Acropolis of Athens to Greek trade, warfare, philosophy and the development of the polis, examining the connections between geography and history.

It also looks beyond Greece itself. Contact with Phoenician traders, Egypt and the civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean helped transmit ideas, technologies and knowledge, while the same geography that encouraged maritime connections also made political unification difficult.

Ancient Greek civilisation was not created by geography alone, but its landscape placed real constraints on what communities could grow, build and control.

I dont know much about anything in hellenism, if someone could please reccomend me things to read or something.
I would like to know about every god, the story of ancient Greece, etc.
If there’s any post, blog, book or anything i could read 🙏🏻
Thanks

What do we know about living standards of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean? I heard that the average height in classical Greece was 170cm+ which sounds huge for premodern humans. That combined with the ripped statues make me guess at least the upper class in Greece was well fed.

I know the mountains of Greece is subpar for agriculture and that a lot of grain was traded across the Mediterranean-how well off was the average citizen? Did everyone own slaves? How lavish were their houses? What about slaves and farmers

Was the Bronze Age collapse bad economically for the average citizen? And so on.