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Map - 89 BC First Mithritadic War 1019 viewsA map of the Middle east, Greece and Asia minor, showing the states at the breakout of the first Mithridatic war, 89 BC. Bithynia, light red, is shown as a client kingdom of Rome, dark red. Pontus is shown in dark green.

Map - Ancient India and Southeast Asia1240 views

Map - Ancient Empires of the East1096 views

Map - Kingdoms of the Diadochi 200 BC874 viewsKingdoms of the Diadochi (Successors of Alexander the Great's Macedonian empire) at the beginning of the struggle with Rome about 200 BC.

Map - The Fertile Crescent873 viewsThis map shows the location and extent of the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East incorporating Ancient Egypt; the Levant; and Mesopotamia.

Map - Georgian States Colchis and Iberia, 600 - 150 B.C.99 viewsMap - Georgian States Colchis and Iberia, 600 - 150 B.C.

Kolchis (Colchis) was an ancient kingdom and region on the coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia. The original Middle Bronze Age inhabitants were probably the ancestors of the present Swan, Mingrelian and Laz people. It was described as a land rich with gold, iron, timber and honey that exported its resources mostly to Greece. The Greeks invaded Kolchis in the 6th to the 5th centuries B.C. colonized and in 302 B.C. It became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Iberia. Kolchis was later divided into several principalities, until their annexation around 101 B.C. by Mithridates VI of Pontus. After that it was involved in wars with the Roman Empire. In 66 B.C. they were defeated by Pompey and became part of the Roman Empire. Christianity began in the 1st century AD. spread by Kolchis and in the 4th century it became the official religion. At that time it formed an important part of medieval Georgia, along with the Kingdom of Iberia.

In Greek mythology, Kolchis was the location of the Golden Fleece sought by Jason and the Argonauts. The myth may have originated from the ancient local practice of using moss to separate gold dust from river bed mud.

Christianity began in the 1st century AD. spread by Kolchis and in the 4th century it became the official religion. At that time it formed an important part of medieval Georgia, along with the Kingdom of Iberia.

Map - Baktrian Kingdom889 views

Map - Macedonia, Thracia, Illyria, Moesia et Dacia660 views

Map - Ancient Assyrian Empire, Persian Empire And other Kingdoms916 views

Map - Ancient South West Asia861 views

Map - Orbis veteribus Notus591 views

Map - Mycenaean Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc. 1450 BC 886 viewsThe period of Mycenean Greece ran from about 1600-1100 B.C. and ended with the Greek Dark Age. This is the period described in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. At the end of the Mycenean period, writing was abandoned.

Map - Ancient Oriens - Caspian Area and Eastward - Media, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, etc.817 views

Armenia, Commagene, Sophene, Osrhoene, parts of the Parthian and Roman Empires, 50 A.D.244 viewsArmenia, Commagene, Sophene, Osrhoene, and parts of the Parthian and Roman Empires, as they would have been in 50 CE.

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