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Map - The Fertile Crescent232 viewsThis map shows the location and extent of the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East incorporating Ancient Egypt; the Levant; and Mesopotamia.
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Map - 1470 AD Europe and the Mediterannean59 views
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Map - Caria, ancient region of modern Turkey41 views
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Map - 500–479 BC The Greek world during the Greco-Persian Wars712 viewsThe first Persian invasion of Greece, during the Persian Wars, began in 492 BCE, and ended with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE. The invasion, consisting of two distinct campaigns, was ordered by the Persian king Darius I primarily in order to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria. These cities had supported the cities of Ionia during their revolt against Persian rule, thus incurring the wrath of Darius. Darius also saw the opportunity to extend his empire into Europe, and to secure its western frontier.
The first campaign in 492 BCE, led by Mardonius, re-subjugated Thrace and forced Macedon to become a client kingdom of Persia. However, further progress was prevented when Mardonius's fleet was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Mount Athos. The following year, having demonstrated his intentions, Darius sent ambassadors to all parts of Greece, demanding their submission. He received it from almost all of them, except Athens and Sparta, both of whom executed the ambassadors. With Athens still defiant, and Sparta now effectively at war with him, Darius ordered a further military campaign for the following year.
The second campaign, in 490 BCE, was under the command of Datis and Artaphernes. The expedition headed first to the island Naxos, which it captured and burnt. It then island-hopped between the rest of the Cycladic Islands, annexing each into the Persian empire. Reaching Greece, the expedition landed at Eretria, which it besieged, and after a brief time, captured. Eretria was razed and its citizens enslaved. Finally, the task force headed to Attica, landing at Marathon, en route for Athens. There, it was met by a smaller Athenian army, which nevertheless proceeded to win a remarkable victory at the Battle of Marathon.
This defeat prevented the successful conclusion of the campaign, and the task force returned to Asia. Nevertheless, the expedition had fulfilled most of its aims, punishing Naxos and Eretria, and bringing much of the Aegean under Persian rule. The unfinished business from this campaign led Darius to prepare for a much larger invasion of Greece, to firmly subjugate it, and to punish Athens and Sparta. However, internal strife within the empire delayed this expedition, and Darius then died of old age. It was thus left to his son Xerxes I to lead the second Persian invasion of Greece, beginning in 480 BCE
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Map - AD 217 Imperial Rome with Aurelian Walls391 views
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Map - Byzantine-Sassanid Border 565 AD134 viewsThe frontier between the Roman and Sassanid Persian Empires at the death of Emperor Justinian I in 565 AD. It includes the provincial reorganization of 536 and Lazica.
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Map - Dacia179 views
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Map - Caesar's Gaul before 58 B.C. (Italian)212 viewsThe Roman world in 58 BC, before Gallia's conquest by Caesar. (Note: Map doesn't show subordinate Roman client kingdoms in Anatolia and the Levant.)
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Map of Ancient Troas1 viewsMap of Ancient TroasFeb 26, 2015
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Map of Ancient Rome 271 AD26 viewsMap of the Roman Empire around the year of the consulship of Aurelianus and Bassus (271 AD), with the break away Gallic Empire in the West and the Palmyrene Empire in the East.Feb 02, 2015
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The Decapolis12 viewsThe DecapolisJan 18, 2015
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Map - Caria, ancient region of modern Turkey41 viewsNov 07, 2014
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Byzantine Empire 1400108 viewsByzantine Empire 1400Oct 28, 2014
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Map - Northern Britain c. A.D. 550 - 650.48 viewsThe placements of peoples and sites based on Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, by John T. Koch, except the positioning of Roman roads which is based on the Iter Britanniarum of the Antonine Itineraries and other sources, supplemented by Koch's additions.Oct 24, 2014
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Map - Scotland, Time of Titus and Domitian.48 viewsThe Northern British Campaigns of Agricola, A.D.80 – 84.Oct 24, 2014
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Map - Ilium vel Troja (Ilium or Troy)114 viewsIlium vel Troja (Ilium or Troy)Oct 23, 2014
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