Ancient Greece

Geography

Historical Timeline

Overview

Geography

What do you notice about the terrain of ancient Greece?

Terrain

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How do you think the physical geography affected

Greece?

Effects of Physical GeographyGreeks were separated by the mountains into small communities that grew into independent city-states

mountains prevented large scale farming so the Greeks needed to look beyond their borders for better farmland

this led to the development of colonies and meant that trade would always be important to the Greeks

The Mediterranean Sea moderates Greece’s climate, cooling the air in the summer and warming it in the winter

Summers are usually hot and dry

While winters are moderate and rainy in the coastal regions and colder and snowy in the more mountainous areas

The Climate

Take note of the major regions of Greece.

Regions

AEGAEUM

MARE

BOSPHORUS

CRETICUMMARE

HELLESPONTUS

I N T E R N U M M A R E

IONIUMMARE

MYRTOUMMARE

PROPONTIS

ACARNANIA

AEOLIS

AETOLIA

ACHAEA

A S I A M I N O R

BITHYNIA

CHALC

EPIRUS

ILL

YR

ICU

M

IONIA

ARCADIA

LACEDAEM

ON

LY CIA

MACEDONIA

MOESIA INFERIORMOESIA

SUPERIOR

MYSIA

PELOPONNESUS

THESSALIA

T H R A C I A

CARIA

BOEOTIA

LYDIA

ATTICA

ATHOSMONS

HAEMUS

MONS

OLYMPUSMONSP

I ND

US

MO

NS

RHODOPEMONS

Aegina

Andros

Cephallenia

Chios

Corcyra

Cos

CRETA

Cythera

Delos

Euboea

Ikaria

Ithaca

Karpathos

Lemnos

Lesbos

Leucas

Melos

NaxosParos

Rhodos

Samos

Scyrus

Thera

Thasos

Zacynthus

Ac

he

lou

s

Axios

Danuvius

Dre

inos

Hebrus

Hermos

Maeander

Marg

us

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Please find:

• major rivers

• bodies of water

• Athens, Sparta, Rhodes, Crete, Delphi

Overview

AEGAEUM

MARE

BOSPHORUS

CRETICUMMARE

HELLESPONTUS

I N T E R N U M M A R E

IONIUMMARE

MYRTOUMMARE

PROPONTIS

Delphi

Olympia

Byzantium/Constantinopolis

Ambracia

Cnidus

Epidaurum

Halicarnassus

Ilium/Troia

Mytilene

NovaeOdessusOescus

Priene

Rhodos

Xanthus

Apamea

Amphipolis

Apollonia

Argos

Beroia

Chalcis

Cyzicus

Demetrias

Dyrrhachium

Elis

Ephesus

Gortyn

KnossosLyktos

Hierapytna

Kydonia

Laodicea

Larissa

Marcianopolis

Megara

Messene

Miletus

Naissus

Nicaea

Nicomedia

Patra

Pella

Pergamum

Philippi

Philippopolis

Sardis

Scupi

Serdica

Smyrna

Sparta

ThebaeThermon

Corinthus

Thessalonica

Athenae

ATHOSMONS

HAEMUS

MONS

OLYMPUSMONSP

I ND

US

MO

NS

RHODOPEMONS

Aegina

Andros

Cephallenia

Chios

Corcyra

Cos

CRETA

Cythera

Delos

Euboea

Ikaria

Ithaca

Karpathos

Lemnos

Lesbos

Leucas

Melos

NaxosParos

Rhodos

Samos

Scyrus

Thera

Thasos

Zacynthus

Ac

he

lou

s

Axios

Danuvius

Dre

inos

Hebrus

Hermos

Maeander

Marg

us

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