Maps
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/introgreece/persian_wars_map.jpg
To summarize the Persian War, It was a war between the Persians and Greeks. Led by King Darius the first and his goal was to gain more territory. In the end when Xerxes led the army to battle the Persians lost to the Athenians. The map shows the Persian Empire and their routes and progress of the war and how much the Persian Empire expanded. The color coded map Makes it much easier to read; Green is the Persian Empire, Light Green is the country’s that surrendered to the Persian Empire. The dashed lines show the route the Persians took by land and the bold lines is the route they took by sea.
http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/westciv/peloponn/
The Peloponnesian War started after the Persian war when the Athenians and Spartans were both allies in the Persian war, but after it was over both their armies were never as strong as they once were. The war started because Sparta believed that the Athenians would gain too much power, and do what the Persians planned to do which was to take complete domination. In the end the Spartans won the war over The Athenians. In the map it is clearly shown that the Athenians had more territory than Sparta, Meaning that Athens had more power and better armies then Sparta. Sparta had more major cities than Athens did, Meaning that it will be harder to take control over Sparta. This would be a great example of a map showing the Peloponnesian war if it would show the progress of the war and not just the territory.
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/node/36
Alexander the Great ruled a huge empire in a short 13 year reign. His empire was over 3,000 miles long and he did not have the pleasure of technology or social media. He could not go on Facebook and say “Hi I’m making an empire if you want to join follow me on Instagram.” When he took the throne in 336 B.C.E he said he would do what his father wanted to do and conquer the world. After three long years of war with three different countries, Alexander wanted more, but his troops gave up and stopped following him. On his way home he died from a disease in 323 B.C.E.
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There were three Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome beginning in 264 B.C and it ended in 146 B.C with the Romans coming out victorious. The wars started when Rome intervened in a dispute on Carthage Island called Sicily. The wars finally ended almost a century later when Rome took control of both Sicily and Corsica also marking the empire’s emergence as a naval as well as a land power. The link above pulls up a map of the Punic Wars showing the routes they both took and the victories of Rome and Carthage.
http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/late_roman_empire.html
The Roman Empire started as a small city in Italy named Rome. When the first Punic war started the Roman Empire had complete control of Italy a few centuries later. This map shows the area and expansion of the Roman Empire.
http://www.archatlas.org/Trade/RomanCities.jpg
Trading in Rome was huge back in the days before Christ. Thats how people made their money and lived to survive, which was by trading in Rome and around Italy. The map that you can see in the link above will show you the major rivers taken to trade in other countries, the Roman cities, and the empire frontiers, letting you see how much trade was useful, living in the time they were living in.
Sources
"Ancient History." The Peloponnesian War. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
"Alexander the Great." EBibleTeacher. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
"The Later Roman Empire." WWW-VL. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.