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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