|
MEDIEVAL
MAPS
from
c.700 to
c.1500 |
SELECTIONS FROM
THE *SCHWARTZBERG
HISTORICAL
ATLAS* (DSAL, highly ZOOMABLE)
|
=*South
Asia
c.700-975 (Gurjara-Pratiharas etc.)**
=*South
Asia
c.1175-1200 (Ghaznavids, etc.)**
=*Islamic
expansion
and knowledge of medieval South Asia**
=*religious
and
cultural sites in South Asia, 700's-1100's**
=*Ghurids
and
Mamluks, c.1170-1290**
=*Khaljis
and
Tughluqs, c.1290-1390**
=*political
disintegration
in the North, c.1390-1450**
=*the
time
of the Lodis, c.1451-1526**
=*religious
and
cultural sites of South Asia, c.1200-1525**
=*a
synopsis: major powers of South Asia, c.500's-1100's**
=*a
synopsis: major powers of South Asia, c.1200's-1400's**
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MET MUSEUM
TIMELINE
|
Metropolitan Museum
timeline
displays
with both maps and images: for the *Himalayan
region**; for the *North**;
for the *South** |
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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 but handy maps; click 'Maps and Chronology',
then scroll down
in
the left-hand window |
c.700-1500
CE
maps
|
=*the eastern hemisphere, in maps by
Thomas Lessman** |
|
the ISLAMIC
WORLD
|
=*maps
from the "Historical Atlas of Islam"* (Brice 1981)
=*maps
from Princeton**; and *maps
from Penn** |
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REGIONAL KINGDOMS
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=*South
Asia, c.550-on*, in various views
=*South
Asia
c.700-975 (Gurjara-Pratiharas etc.)** |
the EARLY
CALIPHATE
|
=*The
Caliphate in 750** (Shepherd 1923)
=*Caliphate,
Byzantime empire, in 814** (Shepherd 1923)
=*Islamic
expansion by c.850** |
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AL-ISTAKHRI,
c.950's
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=*the
world, the Persian Gulf, by Al-Istakhri, c.977* |
|
the GHAZNAVID
EMPIRE
|
=*the
Ghaznavid empire under Mahmud Ghaznavi, c.1025*
=*South
Asia
c.175-1200 (Ghaznavids, etc.)** |
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AL-BIRUNI, c.1029
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=*Al-biruni's
view
of the world, Lahore, c.1029* |
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AL-IDRISI, 1154
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=*a
world map by al-Idrisi, working in Sicily, 1154** |
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TRADE, c.1200s
|
=*Trade
routes Europe-India, c.1200's** (Shepherd 1923) |
|
the GHURID EMPIRE
|
=*The
Ghurid empire at its maximum extent, c.1206*
=*Ghurids
and
Mamluks, c.1170-1290**
|
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the MONGOL
ONSLAUGHT
|
=*the
Mongol onslaughts and conquests, 1200's-1400's*; *a
quick overview of the 1200's** |
the DELHI
SULTANATE,
4
OVERVIEWS
|
The
growth
and decline of
the Delhi
Sultanate, according to:
=*Joppen
1907*
=*Davies
1949*
=*Roolvink
1957*
and especially the DSAL zoomable edition of Schwartzberg
1978:
=*Sultanate
overview maps*
=*Ghurids
and
Mamluks, c.1170-1290**
=*Khaljis
and
Tughluqs, c.1290-1390**
=*political
disintegration
in the North, c.1390-1450**
=*the
time
of the Lodis, c.1451-1526**
|
MAPPA
MUNDI, 1300
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=*The
Hereford
Mappa Mundi**
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PTOLEMAIC ASIA,
1470's on
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=*Ptolemaic
maps-- some of the earliest ever printed* (Rome,
1478)
=*An
early
Map 9 from Rome, 1480's, and other examples*
=*An
early Map
10 from Ulm, 1482, and other examples*
=*An
early map from the Harley Collection*-- *more
information**
|
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WORLD VIEWS, 1493
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=*Asia
and other maps and views, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493* |
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GLOBE, 1502
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=*The
"Cantino planisphere," an early globe, 1502** |
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MUNSTER, 1544-
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=*maps
and views from Münster's famous "Cosmographia"* |
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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) |