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205

Pre-Classical

15 maps, last one added on Oct 22, 2014

Classical

13 maps, last one added on Jun 10, 2018

Hellenistic

26 maps, last one added on Feb 22, 2018

Roman

61 maps, last one added on Jan 06, 2019

Medieval and Later

90 maps, last one added on Sep 02, 2019

5 atlases on 1 page(s)

Europe

160

Ancient Mediterranean

29 maps, last one added on Jun 24, 2018

Ancient Britannia

21 maps, last one added on Aug 22, 2019

Ancient Iberia

5 maps, last one added on Jan 25, 2014

Ancient Gaul

8 maps, last one added on Sep 20, 2019

Ancient Germania

3 maps, last one added on Jun 22, 2013

Ancient Italy

30 maps, last one added on Aug 03, 2015

Ancient Sicily

7 maps, last one added on Oct 07, 2015

Ancient Greece

41 maps, last one added on Feb 23, 2016

Ancient Macedonia

6 maps, last one added on Nov 06, 2017

Ancient Thrace

10 maps, last one added on Aug 30, 2019

10 atlases on 1 page(s)

Asia

Ancient Asia

14 maps, last one added on Jul 30, 2019

Ancient Anatolia

30 maps, last one added on Sep 26, 2019

Ancient Armenia

4 maps, last one added on Dec 23, 2013

Ancient Syria

4 maps, last one added on Feb 10, 2014

Ancient Persia

8 maps, last one added on Sep 14, 2014

Ancient Phoenicia

4 maps, last one added on Jan 02, 2014

Ancient Judaea and Palestine

11 maps, last one added on May 13, 2019

Ancient Afganistan to India

2 maps, last one added on Oct 22, 2013

Far East

8 maps, last one added on Mar 26, 2019

9 atlases on 1 page(s)

Africa

Ancient Africa

5 maps, last one added on Jun 06, 2014

Ancient North Africa

10 maps, last one added on Apr 18, 2019

Ancient Carthage

9 maps, last one added on Apr 18, 2019

Ancient Egypt

5 maps, last one added on Jun 25, 2013

4 atlases on 1 page(s)

Americas

Pre-Columbian Americas

1 maps, last one added on Jun 18, 2013

1 atlases on 1 page(s)

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Map - Mycenaean Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc. 1450 BC 520 viewsThe period of Mycenaean 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 Mycenaean period, writing was abandoned.

Map - Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon524 viewsThe Attalid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. The Attalid kingdom was the rump state left after the collapse of the Lysimachian Empire. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetaerus, took control of the city in 282 BC. The later Attalids were descended from his father, and they expanded the city into a kingdom. Attalus I proclaimed himself King in the 230s BC, following his victories over the Galatians. The Attalids ruled Pergamon until Attalus III bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman Republic in 133 BC to avoid a likely succession crisis.

Map - LONDON IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS396 viewsThis is the earliest proper map (as opposed to panorama) of London known. Attributed to Ralph Agas, and probably surveyed between 1570 and 1605. The original was 6 foot 0.5 inches long by 2 feet 4.5 inches wide. This much reduced image, a scan of a copy of a lithograph of a copy, was itself badly repaired with sellotape and has had to be "restored"; so is hardly a truly faithful representation of the original, but few good copies exist and no other detailed public domain images are known.

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Map - AD 217 Imperial Rome with Aurelian Walls1013 views

Map - Europe at the time of Odacer 476-493 AD487 views

Map - The Fertile Crescent906 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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Cities of Lydia c. 50 AD104 viewsCities of Lydia c. 50 ADSep 26, 2019

A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative position of the Bellovaci tribe.62 viewsA map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative position of the Bellovaci tribe.Sep 20, 2019

The Sultanate of R�m and surrounding states, c. 1200.446 viewsThe Sultanate of Rum seceded from the Seljuk Empire in 1077, with capitals first at Iznik and then at Konya. The name R�m derives from the Arabic name for Romans, ar-Rūm, itself a loan from Greek Pωμαῖοι, referring to the Greek people that had been ruled by the Romans (the Byzantines). They reached the height of power during the late 12th and early 13th century, when it succeeded in taking Byzantine ports on the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Trade from Iran and Central Asia was developed using caravans, and strong trade ties with the Genoese formed during this period. The increased wealth allowed the sultanate to absorb other Turkish states in eastern Anatolia (Danishmends, Mengujekids, Saltukids, Artuqids). They eventually succumbed to the Mongol invasion in 1243 (Battle of K�se Dağ), and became vassals of the Ilkhanate. Their power disintegrated during the second half of the 13th century. The last Seljuq sultans was murdered in 1308. The dissolution of the Seljuq state left behind small states, among them that of the Ottoman dynasty, which eventually conquered and reunited Anatolia to become the Ottoman Empire.Sep 02, 2019

Map - Seljuks of Rum84 viewsMap of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate in 1243.

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Map - Tribes of Ancient Thrace308 viewsMap of Tribes inhabiting Thrace and Environs, Tribes in Thrace pre-Roman conquest. Includes migrations of Celts and Gauls.Aug 30, 2019

Tribes in Thrace pre-Roman conquest 76 viewsAug 30, 2019