Balkan Peninsula Ancient Greece Map

The sea of marmara south of the peninsula connects the mediterranean with the black sea.

Balkan peninsula ancient greece map. However after the congress of berlin 1878 there was a political need for a new term and gradually the balkans was revitalized but in the maps the northern border was in serbia and montenegro without greece it only depicted the ottoman occupied parts of europe while yugoslavian maps also included croatia and bosnia. Greece is a country in southeastern europe on the southern tip of the balkan peninsula. The balkan peninsula is rich in both water and mountains making it a biodiverse and vibrant european destination. Balkans the the countries occupying the part of se europe lying south of the danube and sava rivers forming a peninsula bounded by the adriatic and ionian seas in the west the aegean and black seas in the east and the mediterranean in the south.

The southern coast of europe is comprised of three peninsulas and the easternmost of these is known as. Other maps that use a strictly geographical approach include the entire balkan peninsula as balkan. Perry castañeda library map collection the university of texas at austin. Related maps map of ancient propontis map of thrace in roman times map of ancient thrace.

Findlay harper and brothers publishers new york 1849. The balkans are bordered by parts of the mediterranean sea the adriatic and the ionian sea in west and by the aegean sea in south. Map of modern thrace turkey 2010 map of turkey. The balkan peninsula lies east of italy separated from it by the adriatic sea.

Macedonia thracia thrace illyria moesia and dacia. Ancient greece was one of europe s first urban civilizations and the origin of much of the arts language philosophy politics and sports of western society. Portions of greece and turkey are also located within the geographic region generally defined as the balkan peninsula and many descriptions of the balkans include those countries too. Athens athens is the capital city of greece with a metropolitan population of 3 7 million inhabitants.

The mediterranean country of ancient greece hellas was composed of many individual city states poleis that were not unified until the macedonian kings philip and alexander the great incorporated them into their hellenistic empire hellas was centered on the western side of the aegean sea with a northern section that was part of the balkan peninsula and a southern section known as the peloponnese. Related links about the thracians. Geography of the balkan region. Credits from a classical atlas to illustrate ancient geography by alexander g.

These maps add the mainland of greece as well as a small portion of turkey that lies northwest of the sea of marmara as balkan states. Some define the region in cultural and historical terms and others geographically though there are even different interpretations among historians and geographers. Extending to the south from central europe into the mediterranean sea the balkan peninsula colored dark gray in the map above includes the countries of albania bosnia herzegovina bulgaria croatia greece macedonia montenegro romania serbia slovenia and the geographical political region of european turkey.