LECTURE FOR AUGUST 30:  PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, FAMINE AND FOOD, FACTS OF LIFE

The physical environment:  water, and the lack thereof, is the main difference between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe

Contrasting landscapes:

Land and Sea (the Marmara)                                              Irrigation and Desert (Egypt)

Hills and valleys (Dalmatia)                                                 Forest (Germany)

Agriculture:

Limits of Olive and Vine Cultivation (also limits of Romanization)

Bucolic Scenes:

When there's not enough:  Famine

Working the Land:

Plowing:

Mowing the fields:

Reaping the harvest, shearing the sheep:

Tilling and Sowing:

The harsh facts of life:  infant mortality