03-25-2009, 03:18 PM
Francis,
Have you been to Greece? The terrain absolutely stunned me. It certainly would define how battles were fought. Land (valleys) considered level enough for agriculture are still too lumpy to see very far. You need to be up at least 500 feet to see across from one range of foot hills to the next. Mycenae commands Argos - you can see the bay and Tiryns - but down on the ground you are enclosed by rolling hills, river gullies, steep hill faces. Amazing geography to a flatlander like me.
Have you been to Greece? The terrain absolutely stunned me. It certainly would define how battles were fought. Land (valleys) considered level enough for agriculture are still too lumpy to see very far. You need to be up at least 500 feet to see across from one range of foot hills to the next. Mycenae commands Argos - you can see the bay and Tiryns - but down on the ground you are enclosed by rolling hills, river gullies, steep hill faces. Amazing geography to a flatlander like me.
Cheryl Boeckmann
