Investigating Ancient Maps!
What does your world look like?
Ancient people had a limited view of the world because they were only able to explore a small distance away from their homes.
Please study each map and then figure out what it tells us about the person who made it. Use your imagination as you look at these representations of the world. Try to imagine each of the following maps is YOUR picture of the world. Try to think as if these maps represented your way of viewing the world, then answer the questions that follow.
For reference, here is OUR world, as our current maps show it...
Ancient people had a limited view of the world because they were only able to explore a small distance away from their homes.
Please study each map and then figure out what it tells us about the person who made it. Use your imagination as you look at these representations of the world. Try to imagine each of the following maps is YOUR picture of the world. Try to think as if these maps represented your way of viewing the world, then answer the questions that follow.
For reference, here is OUR world, as our current maps show it...
Ancient Maps
Map One: The World According to Herodotus (about 450 B.C.)
Map Two: The World According to Hecataeus (circa 520 B.C.)
Map Three: The World According to Strabo (about 76 A.D.)
Follow-UP Questions!
Think about the following Focus Question in examining the maps:
“What does the map tell you about the mapmaker and his times?”
Please take notes on the following questions FOR EACH MAP (18 questions total) to help you get enough information to respond to the Focus Question!
1.) What shapes do you recognize on the map? What shapes seem incomplete or unusual?
2.) Anything missing? What does that suggest?
3.) What does the map suggest about the knowledge of the people who made the map?
4.) Does the map offer any clues about where the person lived? Does the map show a point-of-view or perspective?
5.) Look at the date of the map (or in the title). Is it earlier or later than the other maps? (Hint! Remember B.C. vs. A.D!)
6.) How does this view of the world compare to the other two maps? Is it more or less accurate?
Once you have taken some notes on each map, please answer the Focus Question in at least 1-2 decent-sized paragraphs.
“What do the maps tell you about the mapmakers and their times?”
“What does the map tell you about the mapmaker and his times?”
Please take notes on the following questions FOR EACH MAP (18 questions total) to help you get enough information to respond to the Focus Question!
1.) What shapes do you recognize on the map? What shapes seem incomplete or unusual?
2.) Anything missing? What does that suggest?
3.) What does the map suggest about the knowledge of the people who made the map?
4.) Does the map offer any clues about where the person lived? Does the map show a point-of-view or perspective?
5.) Look at the date of the map (or in the title). Is it earlier or later than the other maps? (Hint! Remember B.C. vs. A.D!)
6.) How does this view of the world compare to the other two maps? Is it more or less accurate?
Once you have taken some notes on each map, please answer the Focus Question in at least 1-2 decent-sized paragraphs.
“What do the maps tell you about the mapmakers and their times?”
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