Roman Empire Etruscans Macedon Persian Empire Carthaginian Empire Phoenician “Empire” Minoans Mycenaeans Ionia

UNIT II: CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS, 600 BCE – 600 CE

The geographic perspective of the classical world was bigger and more complex than the river valleys of the first civilizations. Classical civilizations spread out. Aspects of physical geography defined the borders of the civilizations. Contacts and sustained communications between the regions arose. Often contacts were across seas, along coasts and rivers, and the plains or steppes between regional centers.

MAP ONE: MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

I. BODIES OF WATER Caspian SeaBlack Sea

MediterraneanRed Sea

Persian GulfAtlantic Ocean

Arabian SeaAegean Sea

II. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND ISLANDS Eurasian SteppeSahel

CyprusCrete

Anatolia Peloponnesus

Strait of GibraltarSicily

III. CITIES AlexandriaRome

AthensSparta

BabylonPersepolis

CarthageConstantinople

Miletus

IV. HISTORIC STATES AND EMPIRES

MAP TWO: AFRO-EURASIA

I. BODIES OF WATER South China SeaEast China Sea

Indian OceanRed Sea

Persian GulfAtlantic Ocean

Pacific OceanArabian Sea

Bay of Bengal

II. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND ISLANDS Gobi DesertSahel

PhilippinesPolynesia

MicronesiaDeccan Plateau

Ethiopian HighlandsArabian Desert

III. BIG REGIONS Southwest Asia Indian subcontinent East Asia Central Asia

IV. HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS Polynesian migrationsBantu Homeland

Bantu MigrationThe Silk Road

Monsoon Wind PatternsIndian Ocean Trade routes

Indo-European Migrations

V. CITIES, STATES, AND EMPIRES

Xi’an (Chang’an)Maurya EmpireGupta EmpireHan ChinaQin China

AFRO-EURASIA // UNIT TWO MAP TEST: OCT 11/12MEDITERRANEAN WORLD // UNIT TWO MAP TEST: OCT 11/12