Ancient History 4th Form Term 1 Second Half Geography

Question 1

Helen (3)

Answer 1

Famous heroine
Daughter of Leda
Grandaughter of Thestius

Question 2

After the fall of the Mycenaeans, where were the new inhabitants of the Spartan lands believed to have come from?

Answer 2

Likely north of the Peloponnese but history before 600 BCE is based off legend and sparse historical evidence.

Question 3

When were the Spartans the foremost military power in ancient Greece?

Answer 3

500 - 300 BCE, around the time of the battle of Thermopylae.

Battle of Thermopylae: 10 September 480 BC

Question 4

In which part of Greece is Sparta located?

Answer 4

In the south of the Peloponnese, between the two mountains Tagetus and Parnon

Question 5

How much of the Peloponnese did the Spartan directly inhabit?

Answer 5

They directly hold the area between the Tagetes and Parnon

Question 6

How much of the Peloponnese did the Spartan control?

Answer 6

2/5 of all of the Peloponnese, including all of the Messenia

Question 7

How much building did the Spartans do

Answer 7

Not much, only a few temples.

Question 8

What are the key geographical features of Sparta (think mountains, rivers, fields…)?

Answer 8

They had two mountain ranges around their area, which provided natural protection.

Question 9

Which are the main sources for ancient Sparta, and what is their nationality/date by comparison to Sparta’s heyday?

Answer 9

Herodotus + Xenephon + Plutarch
Herodotus + Xenophon - 5th to 4th Centuries BC
Plutarch - 1st to 2nd Century AD

Question 10

Herodotus age

Answer 10

c. 484 – c. 425 BC

Question 11

Herodotus nationality

Answer 11

Halicarnassus, a Greek city in southwest Asia Minor that was then under Persian rule.

Question 12

Xenophon nationality

Answer 12

Athenian

Question 13

Xenophon age

Answer 13

431 - 354 BCE

Question 14

Plutarch nationality

Answer 14

Chaeronea, Greece

Question 15

Plutarch age

Answer 15

46 - 119 AD