The Persian Wars - The Battle of Marathon

Before the ancient Greeks invented democracy and most of the other things they are famous for today, they faced the biggest threat in the world at the time—the Persian Empire—and won.

The Persian Wars - The Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis

In about 486 BCE, Emperor Darius of Persia died before he was able to get revenge on the Greeks for the defeat at Marathon. Darius’s son Xerxes became the new emperor. Xerxes was determined to get revenge.

Geography of Ancient Greece and its Effects on Culture

What was Greece’s geography like?  How did geography affect Ancient Greek civilization?

Here’s a mystery box that will help us answer these questions.  The contents of this box shaped Greek culture.  It holds secret weapons that helped Greece defeat the almost unstoppable Persian Empire.  The items in this box also helped lead to the fall of Ancient Greece.  

Curious?  Okay, go ahead and take a peek.

37 Project Ideas - Geography of Ancient Greece

Years ago I wrote a post on Ancient Mesopotamia school project ideas broken down by Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.  I don't know what's taken me so long, but I finally decided it's time to come up with a list of projects for Ancient Greece!

What were the 5 Themes of Geography of Ancient Greece?

Water, mountains, and peninsulas.  That's all there is to the geography of ancient Greece, right?

Well, those are a big part of Greece's physical geography, but they don't tell the whole story.

How did ancient Greece's geography affect culture?  How did the ancient Greeks adapt to their geography?  How did they alter it?  Where the heck is Greece, anyway?


In order to get a bigger picture of the geography of ancient Greece, let's try using the 5 Themes of Geography.