Then in the summer, it would be hot and dry.

Generally speaking, the period seems a less prosperous one but foreign contact is further evidenced by the presence of Anatolian influenced dome ovens and Minoan pottery. Farmers would harvest the wheat at the beginning of the summer, in June. Typically temperatures did not go below 40° F (4.4° C) with … Troy III - Troy V (c. 2300-1750 BCE) is the most difficult period to reconstruct as the layers were hastily removed in early excavations in order to reach the lower levels. The climate in Greece is predominantly Mediterranean. Italy had a Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and mild winters. In the winter, temperatures again were influenced by the surrounding water. In Northern Greece sometimes there are thunderstorms in the summer. Ancient Troy commanded a strategic point at the southern entrance to the Dardanelles (Hellespont), a narrow strait linking the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea via the Sea of Marmara. The northern regions were situated in the temperate climate zone, while the rest of Italy was in the subtropics, having a warm and mild climate. Its summers were hot and dry. To the west of the Pindus mountain range, the climate is generally wetter and has some maritime features. The climate of ancient Rome varied throughout the existence of that civilization. Temperatures averaged about 75° F (24° C) in summer. In the first half of the 1st millennium BC the climate of Italy was more humid and cool than now and the presently arid south saw more precipitation. Where does wheat come from? Records of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere millions of years ago support current predictions on the likely future course of climate change, say scientists. Summer in ancient Greece. The hot climate encouraged an outdoors lifestyle, which was a characteristic of the Romans. In Northern Greece it would generally … Rome was/is in Italy. The Mediterranean waters and a northwesterly breeze, known as the Etesian, kept temperatures at a comfortable level. The east of the Pindus mountain range is generally drier and windier in summer. The city also commanded a land route that ran north along the west Anatolian coast and crossed the narrowest point of the Dardanelles to the European shore. It hardly rains at all in Greece in the summer, especially in Southern Greece. The peninsula of ancient Greece had a Mediterranean climate. The ancient Greeks believed that Troy was located near the Dardanelles and that the Trojan War was a historical event of the 13th or 12th century BC, but by the mid-19th century AD, both the war and the city were widely seen as non-historical. Thunder and lightning.

However, due to the country's unique geography, Greece has a remarkable range of micro-climates and local variations.