Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade

Trade Phoenician Trade: Shows Phoenician trade and colonization from ca. 1000-500 BC. (DASE) Phoenician Trade: A less-detailed but also less-blurry map of Phoenician colonies and trade. (DASE) Greek Trade: Shows Greek colonies and trade routes from 750-550 BC. (DASE)
Metropoleis Mediterranean-wide: Shows the metropoleis of Greek colonies, both east and west, from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. (DASE) Focus on the West: Shows the metropoleis of Greek colonies in Magna Grecia and Sicily. (DASE) Focus on the East: Shows the metropoleis of Greek colonies in Thrace, Macedonia, and the Hellespontine region. (DASE)
End of the Era 550 BC: Shows Greek colonies in the Mediterranean, ca. 550 BC. (DASE) 550 BC: Another map of Greek colonies in the Mediterranean, ca. 550 BC. (DASE) 500 BC: A map of Greek and Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean, ca. 500 BC. (DASE)
The Big Picture "The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation": Shows many Greek settlements throughout the entire Mediterranean. (Frontispiece of The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation, edd. G. Ttetskhladze and F. De Angelis, Oxford 1994) Magna Grecia: A map of colonies in Magna Grecia and Sicily, with dates of their foundations. (DASE)

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Maps of Hellenistic Conquest

General The conquests of Alexander the Great, 337-323 BC. (DASE) General map of the Hellenistic kingdoms. (DASE)
Hellenistic Cities The East: Hellenistic cities of the Eastern Greek world. (DASE) The West: Hellenistic cities of the Western Greek world. (DASE)
Specific Dates 323 BC: Shows the Hellenistic world at the time of Alexander the Great's death. (DASE) 301 BC: Shows the Hellenistic world after the Battle of Issus. (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/macedonia/) 240 BC: Shows the Hellenistic world after the independence of Pergamum. (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/macedonia/)

 

Updated 7-7-07, bolmarcich[at]mail.utexas.edu