MEDIEVAL MAPS
from c.700 to c.1500
SCHWARTZBERG
ATLAS
 *A Historical Atlas of South Asia, ed. by Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1992)**-- complete, zoomable (DSAL)
MET MUSEUM TIMELINE
 Metropolitan Museum timeline displays with both maps and images: for the *Himalayan region**; for the *North**; for the *South**
MEDIEVAL MAPS
 Medieval maps with commentary by Henry Davis: *maps from 400 to 1300**; *maps from 1300 to 1500**
HISTORICAL SEQUENCE
 *A historical sequence** of smallish buthandy maps; click 'Maps and Chronology', then scroll down in the left-hand window
700 CE
 *The eastern hemisphere in 700 CE**, by Thomas Lessman
 ISLAMIC WORLD
 *Maps from the "Historical Atlas of Islam"* (Brice 1981)
*Maps from Princeton**; *Maps from Penn**
REGIONAL KINGDOMS
 *South Asia, c.550-1757* (Stein 1998)
*South Asia, c.700-1200* (Schmidt 1999)
CALIPHATE, c.750
 *The Caliphate in 750** (Shepherd 1923)
800 CE
 *The eastern hemisphere in 800 CE**, by Thomas Lessman
CALIPHATE, 800's
 *Caliphate, Byzantime empire, in 814** (Shepherd 1923)
*Islamic expansion by c.850**
900 CE
 *The eastern hemisphere in 900 CE**, by Thomas Lessman
AL-ISTAKHRI, c.950's
 *The world, the Persian Gulf, by Al-Istakhri, c.977*
GHAZNAVID EMPIRE
 *The Ghaznavid empire under Mahmud Ghaznavi, c.1025*
AL-BIRUNI, c.1029
 *Al-biruni's view of the world, Lahore, c.1029*
1025-1200 CE
 Maps by Thomas Lessman, of the eastern hemisphere in: *1025 CE**; *1100 CE**; *1200 CE**
AL-IDRISI, 1154
 *A world map by al-Idrisi, working in Sicily, 1154**
TRADE, c.1200s
 *Trade routes Europe-India, c.1200's** (Shepherd 1923)
GHURID EMPIRE
 *The Ghurid empire at its maximum extent, c.1206*
MONGOL ONSLAUGHT
 *The Mongol onslaught and conquests, 1200's-1400's*; *a quick overview**
DELHI SULTANATE,
3 OVERVIEWS
 The growth and decline of the Delhi Sultanate, according to:
*Joppen 1907*; *Roolvink 1957*; *Schmidt 1999*
MAPPA MUNDI, 1300
 *The Hereford Mappa Mundi**
INDIA, 1478
 *Ptolemaic maps-- some of the earliest ever printed* (Rome, 1478)
WORLD VIEWS, 1493
 *Asia and other maps and views, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493*
GLOBE, 1502
 *The "Cantino planisphere," an early globe, 1502**
WORLD, 1542
 *A view from the Rotz Atlas, 1542** (BL)
MUNSTER, 1544-
 *Maps and views from Münster's famous "Cosmographia"*
THE RISE AND
FALL OF THE
OTTOMAN
EMPIRE
 *Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Turks, 1355** (Shepherd 1923)
*Ottoman Empire, 1451-1481 (Constantinople)** (Shepherd 1923)
*Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683** (Shepherd 1923)
*Dismemberment after 1683** (Shepherd 1923)

 
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