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Inquiry Unit

Triremes

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…

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Hands-on Activity

Triremes “How to Build Your Vessel”

Triremes Inquiry Unit

Please refer to the Triremes Hands-On-Activity Power Point found here Hands-on Activity PDF includes: Materials Directions Instructional PowerPoint Evaluation Worksheet Images C…

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Hands-on Activity

Triremes Oar Simulation

Triremes Inquiry Unit

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…

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Primary Source

Example of oared boat with bow projection or ram dated c. 735–710 B.C.E.

Triremes Inquiry Unit

Triremes - Document 1 B (1) Ship on an Attic Geometric krater found at Thebes (London, British Museum 1899, 0219), Spathari, 1995: 65, fig. 71. The British Museum Research Collection Online Krater:…

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Primary Source

Example of oared galley with bow projection of ram dated 701 B.C.E.

Triremes Inquiry Unit

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." Th…

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