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Map of Ibn Battuta’s Travels, 1325-1354 - Medieval Travel, Scholarship & Connectivity in Afro-Eurasia

Ibn Battuta ((Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī, 1304–c...

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Map of the Empire of the Huns under Attila, c. 450 CE - Power, Pressure, and Collapse in Late Antiquity

The rise of the Huns in the 5th century CE reshaped the political landscape...

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Map of the Median Hegemony, c. 600 BCE - Power, Influence & Transition in Western Asia after Assyria

The Median hegemony (late 7th-early 6th century BCE) emerged in the...

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Map of the Rise and Fall of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire - Alliance, Expansion, and Tribute Power in Mesoamerica

The Mexica (commonly referred to as the Aztecs) emerged as a dominant...

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Map of the Ancient World

This interactive political map by World History Encyclopedia offers a large-scale overview of the ancient world across all time periods. Choose a date and see what the world looked like. It focuses on the Mediterranean, but also covers other parts of the world. Note: This is a work in progress!

Map of Ancient History Museums

This map of the modern world shows the locations and addresses of various archaeological museums and sites around the world which are relevant to ancient history.

Map of Greco-Roman Sites

This map shows ancient sites and museums from the Greco-Roman world in high detail, down to street level. The map covers the Mediterranean and most of Europe. It is created and maintained by the Vici Project.

Map of the Roman Empire

A highly zoomable and detailed map of the Roman Empire and the Classical World, created and managed by the Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The map shows provinces, cities, roads and fortresses of the Roman Empire.

Map of Prehistoric Sites

This map shows a selection of Palaeolithic sites across a very wide time span all across the globe which are connected in one way or another with the genus of Homo.