Caption
Arabic Ascendency under Caliph Walid I, with inset of Damascus, capital of the Ommaiad Caliphs.
Summary
The legend explains the coloring to show the extent of the Christian, Heathen and Mohammedan worlds. The maps also shows the Byzantine, Longobardian, Merovingian, and Bulgarian Empires.
Source
Perry-CastaƱeda Library: Map Collection: Historical Maps of the Middle East–http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_middle_east.html [1]
An Historical Atlas Containing a Chronological Series of One Hundred and Four Maps, at Successive Periods, from the Dawn of History to the Present Day. by Robert H. Labberton. Sixth Edition. 1884.
Copyright
Public domain