Maps of the ancient world
Maps of the ancient world from historical atlases of the 19th and early 20th century: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great's conquests and the Hellenistic kingdoms.
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Ancient Greece
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Reference Map of Ancient Greece, Southern Part. Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. From The Historical Atl
March 7, 2008 · Wikimedia Commons

Reference Map of Ancient Greece. Northern Part. Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. From The Historical Atl
March 7, 2008 · Wikimedia Commons

An atlas of ancient geography - comprehended in sixteen maps, selected from the most approved works - to elucidate the writings of the ancient authors, both sacred and profane.
1826 · Library of Congress

Ancient Greece, Southern Part (Putzger)
1877 · Wikimedia Commons

Ancient Greece, Northern Part (Putzger)
1877 · Wikimedia Commons

Classical lands of the Mediterranean, 1949
December 1, 1949 · Wikimedia Commons

Geographie des temps heroiques de la Grece. Homere, Hesiode, les argonautes. Dessine par Vivien de Saint Martin. Imp. Fraillery. Histoire de la geographie. Atlas pl. I bis. Librairie Hachette et Cie. (1874)
1874 · Wikimedia Commons

Herodotus Map 430 BCE
Wikimedia Commons
Alexander the Great
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The Macedonian Empire, 336-323 B.C. AND Kingdoms of the Diadochi in 301 BC and 200 BC. Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of T
March 7, 2008 · Wikimedia Commons
Shepherd-c-018-019 cropped Middle East
1911 · Wikimedia Commons

Alexandri magni imperium et expeditiones
1833 · Library of Congress

Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander - after the Battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301.
1800 · Library of Congress

F.W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas: zur alten, mittleren und neuen Geschichte: in 66 Haupt- und 63 Nebenkarten
Wikimedia Commons

Alexandri magni imperium et expeditio per Europam, per Africam et potissimum per Asiam
1712 · Library of Congress

Division of Alexander's Empire
Wikimedia Commons

Roman Empire full map
Wikimedia Commons
Egypt and the Near East
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Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and Southeastern Turkey - pyramid plateau, Cyprus and the delta
1882 · Library of Congress

An atlas of ancient geography - comprehended in sixteen maps, selected from the most approved works - to elucidate the writings of the ancient authors, both sacred and profane.
1826 · Library of Congress
Assyrian Empire from: Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 39. Auflage. 1917. Tafel 2b. Blue: Under Salmanassar II (9th century BC). Yellow: Under Asharhaddon and Assurbanipal (Sardanapal) (7th century
1917 · Wikimedia Commons

Egypt, with part of Arabia and Palestine.
1800 · Library of Congress

The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750-625 B.C. Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas a
March 7, 2008 · Wikimedia Commons

Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia - Afghanistan, Beloochistan.
1869 · Library of Congress

Egypt and Arabia petræa.
1851 · Library of Congress

Egypt, Arabia Petræa, Abyssinia, etc.
1885 · Library of Congress
The Persian Empire
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Map of Persia and adjacent countries, for Sir John Malcolm's History of Persia
1815 · Library of Congress

Persarum imperium.
1721 · Library of Congress

Relief shown by shading. Prime meridian: Paris. Appears in: Atlas supplémentaire du précis de la geographie universelle de M. Malte-Brun / dressé conformement au texte de cet ouvrage et sous les yeux
1812 · Library of Congress

The Persian Empire about 500 B.C. (William R. Shepherd)
March 7, 2008 · Wikimedia Commons

Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan.
1883 · Library of Congress

Shows the boundaries of the Ottoman and Russian empires, British colonies in India and the extents of the Imam of Maskat territory--all in different border colors. Relief shown by hachures. "Terrain g
1855 · Library of Congress

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries - drawn from the most approved modern maps etc. the whole being regulated by astronl. observations
1747 · Library of Congress

Map of Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan.
1892 · Library of Congress
The ancient world as the ancients saw it
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PD PtolemysWorldMap
1921 · Wikimedia Commons

Habitabilis Nostre Tabula
1490 · Wikimedia Commons

Orbis Terrarum ad Mentem Ptolemaei
Wikimedia Commons

Ptolemaic world map - Totivs partis habitatae cognitae qve terrae descriptio
1480 · Wikimedia Commons

Ptolemeisch General Tafel II
Wikimedia Commons
The world map from a 1474 Florentine Latin edition of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography.
1474 · Wikimedia Commons

Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae geographicae Orbis Terrarum veteribus cogniti (1704) 05
1704 · Wikimedia Commons

Amiral de la mer Océane, p. 2
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