Geography/Map List
CLAS/HIST240 Ancient Societies:
Africa in the Ancient World

 Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)

You should know the significance of each of the following places and be able to find each place on a map. The words in BOLD CAPITALS are the places you should know. The other words are hints at the significance of the place. A sample quiz can be found here.
 
ABU SIMBEL

ALEXANDRIA

ARGOS

Danaus

Aeschylus' Suppliants

ATHENS

Athena

Herodotus

Greek Tragedy

BUHEN

CAESAREA

CARTHAGE

Vergil's Aeneid

Hannibal

Terence

CRETE

COLOPHON

Xenophanes

CYRENE

CYRPUS

EBRO (river)

EGYPT

ELEPHANTINE

ETHIOPIA

GEBEL BARKEL

HIPPO REGIUS

ITHACA

Odyssey

KNOSSOS

KURRU

LAMBAESIS

LEPTIS MAGNA

Septimius Severus

LIBYA

Athena

Perseus

MADAUROS

MAURETANIA

MEMPHIS (in Egypt)

MEROE

NAPATA

NAUCRATIS

NEW CARTHAGE (CARTEGENA)

NILE

NUBIA

NUMIDIA

OEA

PHILAE

PYLOS

Nestor in Odyssey

ROME

Vergil, Ovid, Terence

SAGUNTUM

SALAMIS

Aeschylus' Persians

SICILY

THEBES = LUXOR (in Egypt)

THAMUGADDI

THERA

THUBUBRO

THUGGA

THYSDRUS

TROY

Memnon

TYRE


This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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