Maps

The shaded relief map of Greece, is exceptionally detailed but very large! This one might take a while to download.

The Map of Greece provides maps of various regions of Greece.

As does Cultural map of Hellas by the Hellenic ministry of culture.

The Ancient Greece Map provides a concise but highly detailed map of mainland Greece and Asia Minor.

Greece in the Bronze Age displays the three distinctive civilizations Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean that developed around the Aegean in the third and second millenia B. C. E.

Greek cities and colonies of the Archaic Age shows the geographical extent of Greek civilization around the Aegean, as this map of Archaic Greece. While Greece in the Archaic Age displays the political structure of the region in 705-490 BCE.

Greeks and Phoenicians: colonization in the 10-6th century BCE enables you to observe the colonizing efforts of both the Greeks and their great rivals the Phoenicians, while Greek and Phoenician colonies shows how the colonizing movement progressed from the 1000 BCE to 323 BCE

Students of the Peloponnesian War will find Greece during the Peloponnesian War, 429-404 BC of great use.

Follow the Route of Xenophon and his comrades as they march across the Persian Empire.

Macedon and Alexander’s conquest show not only the extent of his empire but the routes followed by Alexander and his lieutenants.

Students interested in the Hellenistic World will find the following maps quite useful:

the Hellenistic World after the Breakup of Alexander’s Empire 310 B.C.,

Alexander’s heirs in 301 BC (before the battle of Ipsos),

the Hellenistic World after the Death of Antigonus 300 B.C.,

the Mediterranean World: During the Decline of the Hellenistic Kingdoms,

and the Rise of Rome 270 B.C.

Also valuable reference tools are the Hellenistic World: Cities and Empires in 240 BCE,

Alexander’s heirs in 200 BC (before the Roman victories over the Antigonids and Seleukids),

Alexander’s heirs in 150 BC (after the peace of Apameia, 189 BC),

and the Hellenistic World: major and minor states in 90 BCE.

Major Temples and Sanctuaries provides an overview of the major shrines of the Greek World.

Greek Dialects circa 800 BC shows the distribution of various Greek dialects around hte Aegean sea.

Students of Homer will find the Homeric geography map. quite useful. It displays the location of the sites that were home to a number of the characters in Homer’s account of the Trojan War.

Those interested in the Trojan War will find the Map: Achaeans & Trojans. also quite informative. It also displays the location of the sites that were characters in Homer’s account of the Trojan War.

Also useful for those studying the Trojan War is the Ancient Troy Map

Students studying Classical Greek and Roman warfare will find the The Art of Ancient Warfare Maps produced by the Department of History at the United States Military Academy an invaluable asset.

You can learn about the Seven wonders of the ancient world from the interactive Google map Ancient Wonders of the World.

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