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title: "Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map"
description: "Know Greece and Italy are countries around the Mediterranean Sea where two great ancient civilisations, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, grew up thousands of years ago, long after the ancient Egyptian"
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# Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map

Know Greece and Italy are countries around the Mediterranean Sea where two great ancient civilisations, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, grew up thousands of years ago, long after the ancient Egyptians but long before our time

Subject: History · Area: Ancient Greece & Rome · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/ancient-greece-and-rome-on-the-map-mt_mMMXD4v9Sh

## Ready when they can

- Say Greece was home to Ancient Greece and Italy was home to Ancient Rome
- Say that Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were around the Mediterranean Sea
- Place Greece and Rome on a simple timeline after Ancient Egypt and before today

## Lesson: Where Ancient Greece and Rome Are

Greece and Italy are countries by a big blue sea called the Mediterranean Sea. Long ago, the Ancient Greeks lived in Greece. The Ancient Romans lived in Italy.

*(drawing: Egypt came first, then Greece and Rome, then today.)*

**Example.** Mia looks at a map with her dad. She points to Greece, then to Italy. Dad shows her the blue sea around both countries. That sea is the Mediterranean Sea.

**Tip.** When you look at a map, find the blue water first. Countries next to blue water often sit by a sea. Greece and Italy both sit right by the Mediterranean Sea.

**Recap.** Greece and Italy sit by the Mediterranean Sea, home to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, long after Egypt and long before today.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Optional connections

- [Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/egypt-the-nile-and-the-desert-mt_8UL1opbJEt)

## Opens up

- [Ancient life vs today](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/ancient-life-vs-today-mt_19qy2uuaKp)
- [The first Olympics](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/the-first-olympics-mt_bKV2JYNwf7)
- [Athens Versus Sparta](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/athens-versus-sparta-mt_CSGqz245rV)
- [Greek gods & Mount Olympus](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/greek-gods-and-mount-olympus-mt_H1pAi4F_Oh)
- [Roman soldiers & builders](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/roman-soldiers-and-builders-mt_VjxyJLtIbT)
- [Romulus & Remus](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/romulus-and-remus-mt_zh_RyesCgZ)