Map Of The World In 1500 Ad

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Map of the world in 1500 ad. Traders did not travel all the way between. In the middle east of the early bronze age the two great civilizations of ancient mesopotamia and egypt are flourishing. World history in 2500 bce ancient civilizations thrive. 100 ad this map shows the extent of some of the world s greatest empires in 100 ad.

1500 ad about the maps. Shows routes around the world of sir francis drake between 1577 and 1580 and thomas cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Boundaries shift continuously through history. Gift of the estate of robert h.

In and around europe in 1500 ce ad. You can also search for history maps indexed by. Map created by reddit user yetkinler the map above shows the patchwork of kingdoms principalities bishoprics duchies republics cities sultanates etc. A babylonian world map known as the imago mundi is commonly dated to the 6th century bce.

This is only a snap shot of the empires territories. I designed these maps using adobe photoshop and this background map that i pieced together from this topographical map. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Almost two thousands years ago there was already contact between the east and the west.

Trade routes such as the silk road from chang an to venice and the tea road from chang an to burma are some notable ones. The map as reconstructed by eckhard unger shows babylon on the euphrates surrounded by a circular landmass showing assyria urartu and several cities in turn surrounded by a bitter river with eight outlying regions nagu arranged around it in the shape of triangles so as to form a star the accompanying text mentions a distance of seven beru between the outlying regions. Michelangelo s david 1504 tasha vincentmartin luther 1483 1546 henry viii 1491 1547 queen elizabeth i 1533 1603 william shakespeare 1564 1616 rembrandt van rijn 1606 1669 catherine de medici 1519 1589 1501first black slaves in america brought to spanish colony of santo domingo c. Talessman s atlas of.

Some small empires are omitted. Some countries such as france and england are easily recognisable and largely occupy the same areas as their modern incarnations. Maps 100 bc ad 500. This map looks at what is going on in world history in 2500 bce.

They have sophisticated writing systems bronze technologies and highly developed public administrations. The maps on this site are optimized for web viewing each map is saved as a jpg image with 72 bit resolution. Modern history maps 1500 ad to present 1 modern map currently finished.