History 151

MAP EXERCISE # 1
Due – February 2

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Please answer the following questions by referring to the maps linked below. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me for help.   15 points. Note:  some of the questions below require more than one answer.

E-mail your responses to csmith@hcc.hawaii.edu

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1.  Was the city of Ur located on the banks of the Tigris or Euphrates River?

    Map: http://fsmitha.com/h1/map01mes.htm

2.  Was the site of the Giza pyramids in Lower Egypt or Upper Egypt?

    Map  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/maps/mainmap.html

3.  Was the city of Jerusalem still part of the Egyptian empire during the reign of Ramesses II (1279 - 1213)?  What about Kadesh?

    Map:  http://www.iziko.org.za/sh/resources/egypt/images/map_e3_l.gif

4.  Was the city of Horoztepe part of the Hittite Empire during its rule between 1350-1330 B.C..  What about Ankara?

    Map: http://www.crystalinks.com/hittites.html

5.  Name five of the major bodies of water the Persian Empire linked together. 

    Map: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/maptext_n2/persia.html

6.  Identify one Phoenician colony on the Atlantic Coast.  Name one colony on the island of Sicily.

Map: http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/262/268312/art/figures/KISH_04_77.gif

7.  Did the state under King David, at its estimated peak size, include the city of Damascus?  The city of Tyre?

    Map: http://fsmitha.com/h1/map05isr.htm

8.  Name three rivers that were under the control of Asoka’s empire.

    Map: http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/map14ind.htm

9.  Which of the Warring States was the home of Confucius?

    Map: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/maptext_n2/chou.html

10.  Was the city of Wuwei protected by the Great Wall? Was the region of Liaoning?

    Map: http://www.chinapage.org/friend/goh/beijing/greatwall/greatwall.html

11.  During the Han Dynasty, did Silk Road trading connections reach the Indus River valley?

    Map: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/hanmap.jpg

12.  What was the ancient name of Beijing and what state was this city located in?

    Map:  http://fsmitha.com/h1/map08ch.htm

13.  In which region of Hellas (Greece/the Aegean) was the Greek city state or polis of Sparta located?  What about Mytilene?  What about Potidaea?

    Map: http://fsmitha.com/h1/map11ae.htm

14.  What was the date of the battle of Marathon?  What was the date of the battle of Thermophylae?

    Map: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/kapparis/GP/PersianWarsMap.htm

15.  In what year did Alexander reach Egypt?  When did his expansion reach the mouth of the Indus River?

    Map: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/%7Estephan/Animation/alexander.gif

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