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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