The Rise of Indianized States, 700 to 1400
This map shows the boundaries and influences of religions (Hinduism and Buddhism) and empires: Srivijaya Srivijaya, Majapahit Majapahit, and Khmer Khmer.
Additionally, main centers of power, namely correlated with the areas where the Hindu-Buddhist art and religion became widely spread, and trade routes are noted on the map. .
Atlas of World Art (p. 142)
Oxford University Press
© 2004 Laurance King Publishing
The Rise of Islam
Map shows conquests and territorial advances of Islam in Southern Europe, Middle East, and North Africa, 610 – 1075. It also indicates the Persian invasions.
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The MacMillan Atlas History of Christianity (p. 32)
By Franklin H. Littell. Cartography by Emanuel Hausman.
© 1976 Maps and plans copyright by Carta Ltd. Text copyright Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
Theravada Buddhism
Map shows principal transmission routes of expansion of Theravada tradition from North India into South and Southeast Asia, and important Buddhist sacred mountains and sites.
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Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide (p. 133)
Kevin Trainor, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York, 2001.
© 2001 Oxford University Press
The Religious Situation about 1560
Color-coded map shows the ‘religious geography’ of Western Europe by 1560.
Donald Kagan et al. The Western Heritage Since 1300. (p. 374)
Prentice Hall [Pearson]
© 2004 Prentice Hall [Pearson]
The Pre-Islamic Middle East
Color-coded map shows empire boundaries (pre-Islamic), c. 600.
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World (p. 7)
I M Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge
© 1988 I M Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge (p. 12)
The Principal Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes
Shows the Gold, Slave, and Salt Roads followed by camel caravans. North African trade was at the time one of the richest in the world.
Samarkand and Beyond: A History of Desert Caravans (pp. 86-87)
Constable and Company Ltd., Great Britain, 1977.
James Wellard.
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The Palestinians in the Modern World
Map shows main dispersions and communities of Palestinians worldwide.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 177)
Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
The Panama Route
Map shows Early and Modern Panama Routes and Manila Galleon Route.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 322)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Ottoman Empire in the late Seventeenth century
“By the 1680s the Ottoman Empire had reached its maximum extent, but the Ottoman failure to capture Vienna in 1683 marked the beginning of a long and inexorable decline that ended with the empire’s collapse after World War I.” [book] The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent.
Donald Kagan et al. The Western Heritage Since 1300. (p. 494)
Prentice Hall [Pearson]
© 2004 Prentice Hall [Pearson]
The Pacific Ocean – Maritime Shipping Routes
Map shows Principal Shipping Routes in the Atlantic Ocean with distances in nautical miles. Also indicates direction of currents. Map shape is Oval. Projection: Mollweide’s Homolographic.
World Atlas of Shipping (pp. 6-7)
George Philip & Son Ltd.
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The Orient Route in Roman Times
Map shows Main Road, Egnation Way, and River Route. It also indicates Connecting Routes and location of Roman Frontier.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 308)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Northeast Passage and Trans-Siberian Railroad
Map shows the Northeast Passage, the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Main Canal-River Connections.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 282)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Orient Express Routes in the 1920’s
Map Shows the Orient Express, the Simplon Orient Express, the Arlberg Orient Express, and the Ostend Orient Express.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 318)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Nile Route and Sudan Route in the 19th Century
Map shows Main Sudan Routes, Derib el Arba’in (Nile Route-Track of the 40 Days), and Main Connecting Routes.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 254)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The North Atlantic Route
Map shows Early Exploratory Routes, Later Main Sailing Routes, and Slave Trade Routes.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 270)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Muslim World circa 905-1500
This map illustrates the expansion of the Muslim world as a result of conquest or political allegiance, and as is reflected in the powerful and long-lasting influence exerted by Muslim traders in regions such as East Africa.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 12.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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The Muslim World circa 403-1100
This map illustrates the expansion of the Muslim world as a result of conquest or political allegiance, and as is reflected in the powerful and long-lasting influence exerted by Muslim traders in regions such as East Africa.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 10.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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The Muslim World circa 700-1300
This map illustrates the expansion of the Muslim world as a result of conquest or political allegiance, and as is reflected in the powerful and long-lasting influence exerted by Muslim traders in regions such as East Africa.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 11.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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The Muslim Offensive in Europe
Map shows Islamic advances/territories in eastern Mediterranean and surrounding lands, 15th-17th Centuries. It also details important historical events.
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The MacMillan Atlas History of Christianity (p. 80)
By Franklin H. Littell. Cartography by Emanuel Hausman.
© 1976 Maps and plans copyright by Carta Ltd. Text copyright Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
The Muslim World circa 1111-1700
This map illustrates the expansion of the Muslim world as a result of conquest or political allegiance, and as is reflected in the powerful and long-lasting influence exerted by Muslim traders in regions such as East Africa.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 13.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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The Muslim World circa 1317-1900
This map illustrates the expansion of the Muslim world as a result of conquest or political allegiance, and as is reflected in the powerful and long-lasting influence exerted by Muslim traders in regions such as East Africa.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 14.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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The Mongol Empires in the 13th-14th Centuries
Empire boundaries and routes of conquest in the 13th and 14th Centuries in Asia, western Africa and Europe.
The Penguin Atlas of World History Vol. 1 (p. 178)
© May 25, 2004 Penguin
The Lebanese in the Modern World
Map shows the modern Lebanese Diaspora to different regions of the world.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 171)
Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
The Mediterranean and Black Sea Routes in Greek and Phoenician Times
Map shows Main Phoenician Routes, Main Greek Routes, and Main Connecting Routes, indicating both land and sea routes.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 206)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The Mesopotamian Routes in Old Testament Times
Map shows the Early and Medieval Desert Routes, the Fertile Crescent Route, and the Main Connecting Routes.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 110)
Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.
Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.
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The League of Nations
Founding states, member states, colonies of member states, and abstainers of the League of Nations.
The Penguin Atlas of World History Vol. 2 (p. 136)
© 2003 Penguin
The Lebanese in the Middle East
Map shows Lebanese routes of dispersion, and main diaspora within the Middle East.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 170)
Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
The Koreans and Vietnamese in the Modern World
Map shows the modern diaspora of the Koreans and Vietnamese worldwide.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 180)
© 1995 Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
The Islamic World c. 1700
Color-coded map shows Muslim territories and their change over time, c. 1700.
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World (p. 66)
Cambridge University Press
Russian Pale of Settlement
Map shows main pale of Jewish settlement in the Russian empire, and main gateway of Jewish emigration.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 43)
Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
The Internet Explosion: Internet Hosts, Internet Users, and Interregional Internet Bandwidth Routes
In this world map countries are colored according to the number of internet users per 1,000 people as follows:
This map also indicates countries/continents where internet hosts per 1,000 people are concentrated, distinguishing two points in time in order to highlight their growth: 1995 (Royal Blue), 2002 (Dodger Blue).
Finally, interregional internet bandwidth routes are shown for 2003 as follows:
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eigth Edition. Published by the National Geographic Society. Prepared by National Geographic Maps for The Book Division, 2005.
© 2005 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
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The Islamic Middle East
Color-coded map shows empire boundaries and sites of major battles/conquests.
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World (p. 21)
I M Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge
© 1988 I M Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge (p 40)
The Indian Ocean circa 390-1000
This map illustrates the expansion of navigation along the Indian Ocean.
Legend indicates:
An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 60.
Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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Via Mackay Radio – Via All America – Via Commercial
Map shows commercial telegraph cables and radiotelegraph circuits of various American companies.
American Cable & Radio Corporation; All America Cables and Radio, Inc.; The Commercial Cable Company; Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company; Sociedad Anonima Radio Argentina
C. S. Hammond & Co., NY
The Indian Diaspora Today – Migrations from the 19th to the 20th Century
Map shows migrations of Indians (from India) from various ethnic (Punjabis, Gujaratis, Bengalis) and religious (Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims) groups during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas. By Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau. Maps by Catherine Petit. Penguin Books U.S.A. Inc., 1995. (p. 155)
© 1995 Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau
