The World on the Eve of the Muslim Conquests circa 600 A.D.

Caption

The World on the Eve of the Muslim Conquests circa 600 A.D.

Summary

This map illustrates the geo-political landscape of the world before the expansion of the Muslim World.

Legend indicates:

  • Trade routes
  • Attacks
  • Colonisation
  • Direction of trade
  • Great Wall

Source

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 6.

Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.

Copyright

© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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