Ancient Greece's location and history
I can describe where Ancient Greece was located and briefly outline its history.
Ancient Greece's location and history
I can describe where Ancient Greece was located and briefly outline its history.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Ancient Greece was in the eastern Mediterranean and at its peak spread to other parts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Greece is mountainous with thousands of islands, leading to many smaller states making up Ancient Greece.
- The Ancient Greek civilisation began c. 900 BCE and lasted until roughly 31 BCE.
- By 750 BCE, it had colonies in Italy and Sicily but the decline of Ancient Greece coincided with the rise of the Romans.
- Ancient Greek civilisation developed after the Sumerian, Egyptian, Indus and Shang civilisations.
Common misconception
Ancient Greece and Greece are exactly the same place.
Modern-day Greece is part of the area that made up Ancient Greece, but it is smaller than Ancient Greece; the extent of the spread of Ancient Greece changed over time.
Keywords
Barrier - a barrier is something that blocks the way or stops something from happening; barriers can be natural features like rivers or human-made like walls
City-state - a city-state is a city that rules itself and the land around it
Colony - a colony is a place where people settle away from but under the control of their home country
Romans - Romans were the people of a civilisation based in Italy that grew to dominate the Mediterranean region
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people live away from their home country but still controlled by it
a group of people with a government in a particular area of land
a city that rules itself and the land around it