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Bible Map - Illustrations Menu
Bible Maps - The Interactive Bible (Black and
White High Res)
Bodleian Library Map Room
Cartographic Images
Harvard Map Collection
Historical
Map Web Sites -The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection The University of Texas at
Austin
John R. Borchert Map Collection (University of
Minnesota)
John R. Borchert Map Libraries (University
of Minnesota)
The Map Collection at Yale
Mercator's World HomePage (a magazine devoted to
cartography)
Oddens's Bookmarks
Oddens's
Bookmarks : Maps and Atlases
Maps of the
Middle East
CIA
Atlas of the Middle East
CIA Map of the Middle East
Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views
An exhibit from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Medeba Map (Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs exhibit on Jerusalem in Early Christian
Times)
Clickable Map of Cairo
Maps of Africa
Microsoft Terraserver Satellite Images of the
world, including major cities of the Middle East
World City
Maps
World Map
and more maps
Virtual Tourist Middle East Map
| World Map
Celts
Map of Celtic Tribes Locations of
75 tribes in Britain and Gaul.
Egypt
Main Map of
Ancient Egypt
Oriental
Institute Map Series - Site Maps Archaeological sites, modern cities, and rivers in
Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Levant, Sudan, Syria, and Turkey.
Theban Mapping Project Valley of the
Kings. Lots of maps, a timeline, hieroglyphs, photos and more.
Greece
Ancient Greece
Map of Ancient Greece and an ancient map of Greece.
Ancient
Asia Minor from an 1849 atlas by Alexander G. Findlay.
Athenian League
Map of the Athenian League and the Peloponnesian war in 435 BC.
Classical Atlas Project
Clickable map.
Cultural Map of Hellas Clickable
map of Greece. Includes regions and their names.
Cyclades Islands Map showing the
Aegean Islands and information on the Cycladic civilization (3000-1000 BC).
De Kaart De Moderne
Kaart and De Oude Kaart show the differences between ancient and modern Greece.
Four frames of
the Greek World The world according to Homer, Hecateus, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy.
Greece in the
Archaic Age Map of the political structure from 750-490 BC. Includes Phrygia, Caria,
and Lydia and other areas.
Hellenic
Volcanoes Modern map of Hellas (Greece) with 39 volcanoes marked.
Herodotus' Map
Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (450 BC) showing Asia and Europe with the seas
surrounding them.
IAM Map Index Interactive
Ancient Mediterranean's PDF relief maps for download.
Late Aegean Bronze
Age Cities and palaces (1250-1000 BC).
Locator Maps for Myth and Greek
Tragedy Separate maps for Athens, Aulis, Eleusis, Marathon, Mediterranean Region,
Megara, Phrygia, Plataea, Salamis, Sparta, Tenedos, Thebes, Thespiae, Trachis, and Troy.
Map of
Attica Small map of Attica, Boeotia, and Euboea with their cities.
Map of
Sparta Detailed map showing the areas of Elis, Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Laconia,
Boeotia, and Attica.
Maps of Greece Three maps of
Greece; The Mediterranean and closeups of Greece and Crete.
Returns of the Achaean Leaders Routes
taken home by the Greek leaders after the Fall of Troy.
Greek culture in Minor Asia
after 3rd century B.C.
Clickable map of Asia Minor with historical info on the different geographic areas.
Maya
Maya Maps
Annotated map explaining importance of the major cities.
Near East
Ancient
Jerusalem A city map showing elevations, landmarks, modern and ancient walls.
Ancient Near
East Empires from 700-300 BCE Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Macedonian
empires.
Ancient
Mesopotamia Map of Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria, and Sumer. Major cities and other rivers
included.
The Assyrians Map showing the empire
from 1800-1600, 1244-1208, and 699-627 BC; includes cities and rivers.
City of Nippur
Maproom Nippur as the center of Sumer and Akkad. Archaeologist John Peters and his
excavation in 1888.
The Earliest
Known Map Monograph of a clay Babylonian map from 6200 BC. Early map making. Includes
bibliography.
Inscriptions of the Land
of Israel
Map of Israel marking the spots where ancient inscriptions have been found. Clicking on
red cities takes you to more detailed maps.
Map of Mesopotamia Small
color map of cities including Babylon, Ur, Akkad, and Asshur. Map of Sumerian Archaeological
Sites Map of ancient caravan routes and sites of Kermanshah (7500-5600 BC), Samarra
(5700-4900 BC), and Early Ubaid (5200-4500 BC).Nippur, Sacred City of
Enlil B&W map of rivers and cities from the Khabur to the Karkeh River and from
Khorsbad to Eridu, Susa to Mari.
Nippur Map Room
Two maps of Nippur.
Political
Change in Ancient Mesopotamia 3000-1000 BCE Interactive map using shockwave to show
successive political waves from Sumerian to Kassite with Babylonian, Assyrian, and Agade
approaching.
Sumer Map
showing areas and time periods for Sumer, Akkadian Empire, and the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Colonies Map shows the spread of the Phoenicians around the Mediterranean, North
Africa, and Spain.
Rome
Atlas Historique
Périodique Maps from 1-900 AD showing political boundary changes for each century.
Central
Italy 4th Cent. AD drawing showing structures and roadways of Central Italy from the
393 AD Peutingerian Tables.
Clickable map of Ancient Rome
Roman Empire about 120 AD focusing on the 54 provinces.
Clickable Map of the Roman Forum
Photographs and information about twenty-three edifices from the forum, including
schematic of each location.
Etruscan League
Map of Italy showing the area of the Etruscan League in 530 BC. Geography of Roman Gaul 1,500 sites and
peoples relating to Gaul. Ancient placenames and modern archaeological sites (including
villas, cemeteries, aqueducts, etc.).
Irlande, Bretagne et
Frise Map of the western portion of the Roman Empire in 380, 420, 460, and 540 AD with
detailed legend.
Lacus
Curtius Atlas
Language Map of Ancient Italy
Shows where in Italy: Gaulish, Greek, Oscan, Ligurian, Messapic, Etruscan, Umbrian were
spoken.
Map of Ancient Rome 117 AD,
from ThinkQuest.
Map of Rome Drawing showing
the architecture.
Map of Tuscany Modern map of
Tuscany in detail.
Maps and Codices of the Roman Empire
Detailed Maps of Forum Romanum, Campus Martius, environs of the Urbs, and more.
The Roman Empire
Map of the Roman Empire at its largest extent.
Roman Italy:
Urbanization and Roads
Ever wonder where the vaunted Roman roads were or when they were built? This interactive
map shows the progress from 300-1 BC.
Second Punic War
Interactive map site showing locations and routes of 4 phases of the fighting. Uses
Shockwave.
Tabula
Peutingeriana Monograph on 1st C AD cartogram by Castorius showing roadways of the
Roman empire.
Trade Routes and Great Empires of
the First Century AD Silk, horses, slaves, grain, myrrh and other products traded
across the known world.
Map of the Underworld
Map and summary showing the mythical passages of Odysseus and Aeneas in the Underworld.
Cartographic Resources on the Net
General Map History Homepage
Oddens' Bookmarks
MapHist ( E-mail
Discussion Group )
Mercator's World - The Magazine of Maps, Exploration
and Discovery
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