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Greek and Hellenistic Exploration

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Jason and the ArgonautsEumelos (ca 750 BCE)

AiaColchis

Apollonius of RhodesKolchian Aia

Golden FleeceGreek colonization in the Black Sea

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Voyage of the Argonauts

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Ancient Colchis

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OdysseusKing of IthacaTrojan War Hero10 years travel

to get home (The Odyssey)

Greek, 2nd c BCE

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Homeric Greece

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Minoan TradeCivilization existed from 27th c BCE-

15th BCETraded with Egypt, Middle East

(Canaan), Anatolia, Spain?Manufactured and traded in bronzeEnd of Minoan dominance ca 15th ce

BCE

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Trade and Travel in Ancient Greece

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Mycenaean Trade

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Scylax of Caryanda (c 500 BCE)Travelled for Darius I (ca 550-485 BCE)

Explore Indus river, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean

Wrote an account ca 480 BCE, now lostDeeds recorded by Herodotus (ca 484-

425 BCE) and Strabo (ca 64-24 BCE)

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Travels of Sylax

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Euthemenes (5thc BCE)Left from MarsaillesSouth of pillarsAlong the coast of Africa

Where he discovered the source of the Nile!? (Well, obviously not)

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Alexander (356-323 BCE)

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Victory Coin (?)

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Alexander’s Empire Divided

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Pytheas4th c BCEMarseilles to

the North (Arctic Circle)?

Cadiz to the Don River?

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Megasthenes (ca 350-290 BCE)Seleucid ambassador to north-western

IndiaIndica

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Hellenistic TradeMore diverse than has been thoughtSyncretism, Megasthenes’ HeraklesClothing

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