This historic narrative about the Greek Trireme reveals how this warship, a technological achievement of its time, played an important role in democracy and empire.
Triremes Inquiry Unit
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Story of the Greek Triremes and the engineering applications that made it the greatest warship of its time.
Triremes Inquiry Unit
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In the fall of 480 BCE, Xerxes, the King of Persia, attacked Greece on land and at sea. While the land battle that ended with a Spartan stand to the last man at Thermopylae, has been burned into the c…
Please refer to the Triremes Hands-On-Activity Power Point found here
Hands-on Activity PDF includes:
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Photo taken from Ms. Bisconti’s 8th grade class, on Triremes - Democracy and Empire, 2016. Ms. Bisconti is a Social Studies Teacher, at Heritage Middle School, Livingston NJ (Note: An option prior t…
Triremes - Document 1 B (1)
Ship on an Attic Geometric krater found at Thebes (London, British Museum 1899, 0219), Spathari, 1995: 65, fig. 71.
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Triremes - Inquiry Unit, Document 1B (2)
Oared galley on an Assyrian relief found in the palace of Sennacherib at Kuyunjik.
"Fragment of a stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib."
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Teenagers venture out for a day of fishing and experience firsthand the value of maritime navigational technology.
Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit
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Solving the Longitude problem was necessary to navigating the world's oceans and opening the door to global trade.
Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit
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The video explains the important relationship of maritime navigational technologies in regards to global trade from the past through to today.
Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit
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