Anaximander was the first ancient greek to draw a map of the known world. Georectified historical maps may be used as basemaps. This map is divided into smaller areas to facilitate easier. Anaximander was the first of the ancient greeks to draw a map of the. Delphi was known as the prime place of worship for apollo, the greek god of the sun, as well as a place of. The maps for wikipedia page is an overview of different formats and tools for maps available on.
They will label and color the blank map version and then answer a few questions. The first complete star map that still exists today was made in 650 a. Anaximander, for instance, was the first to draw a map of the known world, while. Library of congress congressional cartography program, 2015. Gis or gisystems is the mix of hardware, software and practices used. But how did the practice of mapmaking evolve, from the middle ages to our. Map your own data using this cloudbased mapping software. There, a star atlas was meticulously drawn onto a piece of paper, then. Locate and label the different locations listed below. If you are able to measure distances and angles, you. See more ideas about ancient greek, ancient jewelry and romans. This activity will help students better understand the geography of greece and its impact on ancient greek civilizations. Map of the battle of marathon, 490 bc initial situation.
See more ideas about ancient history, history and ancient greece. Project maps greek ceramic production over five millennia. Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. During their tenyear journey, odysseus and his men had to overcome divine and natural forces. The history of cartography traces the development of cartography, or mapmaking technology.
Our 16th century greece map is a highquality, printedondemand reproduction of the 1794 version created by guillaume delisle and is a stunning work of historical map making. Ancient greece map worksheet worksheet for 6th 8th grade. I suppose no ancient greek maps or their descriptions survive to answer this question. Today is the transfer of cartography and gis software applications to mobile. Ancient greece mapping activity unit kick off mapping activity.
Better ancient greek namebase overview extra info history discussion an improved version from the default greek namebase on azgaar with more place names and spellings how the. Cartography or mapmaking in greek chartis map and graphein write. It was the greek civilization the one that helped to develop. Other maps which include references to ancient greek civilization including the minoan. Map, graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of featuresfor example, geographical, geological, or geopoliticalof an area of the earth or of any other celestial body. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper. As of january 2017, carto is transitioning to a new platform. You will need to create a reference map showing key locations of the ancient greek world. Alpheios is an opensource software that provides two main tools.
Check out our popular trivia games like letters of the greek alphabet, and olympian gods. Like many branches of knowledge, the origins of modern scientific knowledge of cartography and geography originate in ancient greece. Although each city in ancient greece had its own unique features and buildings, they also had many things in common. Index of maps of the ancient greek world map of the natural resources of the. Ancient greek philosophers including plato likened civic leaders to doctors, creating a healthy society through balance and moderation. The web atlas of ceramic kilns in ancient greece includes information on 600 greek kiln locations, dating between 3000 b. The maps of ancient greek cartographers have been useful for more than one and a half thousand years, even after. Maps in ancient babylonia were made by using accurate surveying techniques for example, a 7. Nowadays map making heavily relies on computer software to develop and provide a variety of services, a trend that already started at the end of the.
The history of cartography, the most ambitious overview of map. In this ancient greeks worksheet, students complete 4 extension activities to learn about ancient greece. Ancient greece map activity by history gal teachers pay. Written geography has an ancient pedigree, usually traced back to the greeks and phoenicians and the roman historian strabo. People in ancient greece valued their health, and ideas about health had previously been largely based on religion and superstitions. Odysseus journey breaks down odysseus voyage into 14 key scenes and locates them on a modern map designed by esri, a company that creates gis mapping software. Ancient greece the ancient greeks lived in an area along the northeastern mediterranean sea, with a wide variety of topography.
The word cartography comes from the greek words khartes meaning. Cartography and geography in ancient greece and hellenistic. Before such software existed, cartographers had to draw shaded relief by hand. As noted in the book, this has been previously published, starting in 1993 in the usa as teach yourself ancient.
The earliest maps and a mathematical theory of making them that we know were made by ptolemy, who was not. This interactive political map by ancient history encyclopedia offers a largescale overview of the ancient world across all time periods. Until the first highaltitude photographs were taken, the principal methods of cartography have been the same throughout the entire history. Dive into one of the most wondrous ancient places in the world, where heaven and earth once met. The thesaurus linguae graecae tlg is a research center at the university of california, irvine. The map above displays the ancient greek cities, places of interest, and centers of influence within and without the borders of the modern country. Globes are maps represented on the surface of a sphere. This ancient greece map worksheet worksheet is suitable for 6th 8th grade. The project seeks to make an interactive, manipulable map. Early map making in greece, rome, china, and the middle east as well.
An interactive map of odysseus 10year journey in homers. Much the greeks work in cartography was lost after the fall of the. As it is well known, cartography flourished in ancient greece. In the later periods of ancient greece, new cities. The tlg has collected and digitized most literary texts. This is an online quiz called ancient greek map quiz. The odyssey, one of homers two great epics, narrates odysseus long, strange trip home after the trojan war. The first president of the united states of america was george washington. Since the beginning of time, geography has shaped the development of human civilization, and ancient greece is no. The ancient greeks and romans created maps from the time of anaximander in the 6th century bce. The aim of wikiproject maps is to improve the quality of maps across the wikimedia foundation. How ancient star maps gave rise to modern astronomy.