Ancient Empire Maps

Maps depicting ancient geographical territories, including the empire of Alexander and the regions in Europe and the Balkans.

THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER Date: 323 BC

THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER Date: 323 BC

1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of Turkey in Europe

Map of the Ancient World, (1902). Creator: Unknown.

1832 Delamarche Map of Greece and the Balkans

This map, which dates to 1903, delineates the ancient Persian Empire.The Persian Empire is the name given to a series of dynasties centered in modern-day Iran that spanned several centuries. The first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 B.C., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Europes Balkan Peninsula in the West to Indias Indus Valley in the East (as seen here). This Iron Age dynasty, sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire, was a global hub of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell to the invading armies of Alexander the Great.

1866 Mitchell Map of Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan (Iran, Iraq)

This map dates to 1897 and shows the western Provinces of the ancient Roman Empire. Among them are: Hispania, Mauretania, Numidia, Itralia, Gallia, Britannia, Germania, Illyricum, Moesia, Macedonia, Egyptus, Noricum, Narbonensis, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicilia, Rhaetia, Pannonia.

This map, which dates to 1903, delineates the ancient Persian Empire.The Persian Empire is the name given to a series of dynasties centered in modern-day Iran that spanned several centuries. The first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 B.C., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Europes Balkan Peninsula in the West to Indias Indus Valley in the East (as seen here). This Iron Age dynasty, sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire, was a global hub of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell to the invading ar

Schedler's map of Turkey and Greece , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Greece, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1787 Bonne Map of the Dispersal of the Sons of Noah

Mapa of Northern Anatolia, ancient Bithynia region, Anatolia. Turkey. Agricultural Excursion in Northern Anatolia by J E Dauzats 1855

1834 Malte-Brun Map of Greece

Tabulae maximae quibus illustrantur terrae veterum in usum scholarum , Geography, Ancient, Maps, Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Tabulae maximae quibus illustrantur terrae veterum in usum scholarum. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset: Italiae regionines XI... Tabula II. Italia Italia. Tabula II. Italia Italia, Italy

1865 Spruner Map of the Mediterranean from the Punic Wars to Mithridates the Great

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of the East Indies (Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Borneo)

1712 French map of Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe recreating the geography of the late Roman Empire of 400 AD. Map uses Latin place names

1753 Vaugondy Map of Persia, Arabia and Turkey

Italy , Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1829 Lapie Map of the Eastern Mediterranean, Morocco, and the Barbary Coast

Regni Hungariae, et regionum, quae ei quondam fuêre unitae, ut Transilvaniae, Valachiae, Moldaviae, Serviae, Romaniae, Bulgariae, Bessarabiae, Croatiae, Bosniae, Dalmatiae, Sclavoniae, Morlachiae, Ragusanae Reipublicae, maximaeque partis Danubii Fluminis, novissima delineatio , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hungary, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

West Indien und Mittel America , West Indies, Maps, Central America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of The Babylon Empire and its Surroundings

Map of Asia Minor, showing the expedition of Cyrus the Younger and retreat of the Ten Thousand. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Tunisia and Tripoli (now largely Libya)Date: circa 1850

Italy, 1825

Cartography, 18th century. Map of Italy in 1743.

Türkei und Griechenland , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Turkey, Maps, Greece, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1752 Homann Heirs Map of Hungary, the Balkans, Northern Greece

Turquie d'Europe. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come. Map 23 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."... , Balkan Peninsula ,area Turkey

'Map to Illustrate the Mesopotamian Expedition', 1919. Creator: George Philip & Son Ltd.

General-strassen & ortskarte des Österreichisch-Ungarischen Reiches nebst ganz süd-west-Deutschland einem grossen theile von nord-Italien, der Schweiz der Türkei und der übrigen angrenzenden länder , Europe, Central, Maps, Austria, Maps, Balkan Peninsula, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Ancient East, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.

Kriegsschauplatz uebersichtskarte der Europäischen Türkei mit den vasallenstaaten Montenegro, Serbien, Rumænien u. Griechenland , Balkan Peninsula, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Accuratissima et maxima totius Turcici Imperii tabula cum omnibus suis regionibus novissima delineatio , Middle East, Maps, Early works to 1800, Turkey, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Persia John Menzies (born 1780). , n.d. Engraving, Sheet: 28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72 x 54 cm). European Art n.d.

Carta geografica e postale dell' Italia ridotta dalle migliori carte fin' ora esistenti coll' indicazione di tutte le strade ferrale ed il corso dei battelli a vapore , Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1794 D'Anville Map of Italy

Italiae veteris delineatio. Ancient Italy. 1798 map by cartographer William Faden, engraved by Hatchett. Faden was the royal geographer to King George III. This map comes from his Atlas minimus un

Turkey in Europe, from the latest authorities. From The general history of Europe / Percival Barlow. London: W. & J. Stratford, 1791. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Engraved for Barlow's General history of Europe.... , Balkan Peninsula ,area

Charte von Italien : Nach seiner neuesten Eintheilung und den vorzüglichsten Hülfsmitteln , Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1837 Malte-Brun Map of India, Burma and Southeast Asia (Siam , Vietnam )

1839 Monin Map of the Hebrew Peoples Dispersal After the Flood

Map of Syria Mesopotamia Assyria From The Atlas of Ancient Geography by Samuel Butler published London circa 1829

cartography maps Ottoman Empire copper engraving ""Atlas Novus"" by Georg Matthaeus Seutter printed by Peter von Bhelen Vienna 1728 private collection,

Tabula italiae antiquae in regions xi ab Augusto divisae ...; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

Map of the world showing the boundaries of the Roman, Macedonian, Persian and Assyrian Empires. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Map of ancient Syria published in 1900. The boundaries of Syria are shown to include Palestine as far as Gaza, all of Lebanon, and Antakya in Turkey. This corresponds quite closely to Syria before the French Mandate was imposed in 1920. Lebanon was separated from Syria by the French in 1926, and Turkey occupied Antakya unilaterally in 1939.

Map of Ancient Greece, 1902. Artist: Unknown

This map dating to the last months of World war I, shows the battle lines on all Fronts as of August 1, 1917. The map shows also the extent of the German submartine blockade. According to the legend, the diagonal lines shows the Allied territory occupied by the enemy. The vertical lines show enemy territory occupied by the Allies. The dotted black line shows the international frontiers. The black-outlined red line shows the battle lines on August 1, 1917. The horizontal lines show the war zones the German submarine blockade.

1827 Finley Map of Asia and Australia

1865 Spruner Map of Arabia and Egypt in Antiquity

Map of Asia, with an inset of Palestine, circa 1861

Map, Persia, Arabia, India, Turkestan, historical illustration 1885, 19th century, Central Asia, Asia

Map of Brandenburg and Prussia at the time of the Great Elector, 1688, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Tabula Italiae antiquae geographica : quam excellentissimus dominus Dex de la Rochefoucauld in oere incidi curavit , Classical geography, Maps, Early works to 1800, Italy, Historical geography, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1742 Homann Heirs Map of Italy

Indexed pocket map of Austria-Hungary. circa 1906

The Daily Telegraph war map of Egypt and the Near East (No. 6) , World War, 1914-1918, Middle East, Maps, World War, 1914-1918, Egypt, Maps, Egypt, Maps, Middle East, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

. Print at the top right labeled: Pag: 346.

Peloponnesian War BC 431-404. Pink: Athens and Allies; Orange: Sparta and Allies; Green: Neutral Allies

Turkey and Greece, atlas by Th. von Liechtenstern and Henry Lange, antique map 1869

1855 Spruner Map of Asia in the 9th and 10th Centuries

Map from 1890, The Empires of the Persians and Alexander the Great, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, historical map showing the ancient Persian Empire and the conquests of Alexander the Great with detailed landscape features

Map of Rome and Old Italy

Itinerary of a thought transmitted from Paris to Algeria by the telegraph electricque, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1858.

Map V, Greece and her Colonies, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Bliżej Kultury Dubois de Montpéreux, Frédéric (1798 1850), Thez, A. (Fl. 1835 1843), lithography of H. Nicolet (Neuchtel)

Map of Brandenburg and Prussia at the time of the Great Elector, 1688, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact d...

Battle lines on all fronts August 1, 1917. The map shows also the extent of the German submarine blockade. Legend: diagonal lines show Allied territory occupied by enemy; vertical lines show enemy territory occupied by Allies, dotted black line shows international frontiers; red line shows battle lines on August 1, 1917; horizontal lines show war zones of German submarine blockade

Map of Italy at the foundation of the Norman Empire around 1050, historical illustration, Italy, Europe

East Indies is a term used by Europeans from the 16th century onwards to identify what is now known as the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and the islands of Oceania, including the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines. The term has traditionally excluded China, Japan, and other countries to the north of India and the Himalayas. The names 'India' and 'the Indies', derived from the Indus River in modern-day Pakistan, were applied by the ancient Greeks to most of the regions of Asia that lay further to the east than Persia. This usage dates at least from the time of Herodotus, in the 5th century BCE.

1855 Colton Map of Asia

Asiatische Turkei. Prime meridians: Paris and Ferro. Relief shown by hachures. In upper left corner: H. Kiepert's Neuer handatlas no. 27. Includes notes. Panel on verso includes list of other publications... Politische ubersichtskarte der Asiatischen Turkei : (separat-ausgabe aus dem Handatlas uber alle theile der erde, no. 27). Politische ubersichtskarte der Asiatischen Turkei : (separat-ausgabe aus dem Handatlas uber alle theile der erde, no. 27), Turkey Middle East ,area

The Daily Telegraph war map of Egypt and the Near East (No. 6) , World War, 1914-1918, Middle East, Maps, World War, 1914-1918, Egypt, Maps, Egypt, Maps, Middle East, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Modern Italy, c1910s. Creator: Emery Walker Ltd.

1864 Mitchell Map of Asia

A New Map of Chinese & Independent Tartary - An exceptionally beautiful example of John Carys important 1806 map of Chinese and Independent Tartary. Covers Central Asia from the Caspian Sea to Japan, extends as far north as the Obskaia Sea and as far south as India, Burma and the Philippines. Includes the modern day nations of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia. One of Carys most interesting maps. Central Asia, despite hundreds of years of passing trade on the Silk Routes, was still, at the turn of the century a largely unknown land. 1806

India circa 1930. Before partition. From Bacon's Excelsior Atlas of the World, published circa 1930.

1743 map of west coast of Africa where slave trade thrived. Ignoring key European interest, the slave trade, scene at lower left shows free Africans processing elephant ivory, smoking, and buildings.

Asiatische Türkei , Turkey, Maps, Middle East, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The son of a mapmaker, Fer turned the family business into a flourishing map publishing company in Paris and was appointed geographer to the French dauphin. This map, printed in the last year of Fers life, credits a number of Jesuits, including Pedro Páez and Jerónimo Lobo, for its geographic information. The sources of the Blue Nile are called 'les yeux du Nil' (the eyes of the Nile), probably based on Lobos descriptions of the two springs, and they are shown on or in a mountain. The White Nile is barely represented.

Discoveries of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, historical map, Mare Internum, Mediterranean Sea, Aethopia, Ethiopia, Palestine, Iberia, Iberian Peninsula, Europe, North Africa, England, Amber Coast, Hellas, Asiaminor, Turkey, Greece, Africa

Map of the trips of the Apostles, Dirk Janszoon van Santen, after Johannes L. van Luchtenburg, 1700 print Map of the area around the Mediterranean Sea on which the journeys of the apostles are indicated. In the middle: 'In the N. Testament, p. 114 '. Expandable map in the second part of the print Bible with the New Testament, published by Pieter Mortier, Amsterdam 1700. paper. deck paint. engraving maps of separate countries or regions. lives and acts of the apostles of Christ; epistles

This map dates to 1917, the time of the First World War, and shows the intricate racial distribution (Italian, Slav, German, and Magyar) in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Detail Map of Southern Europe Maps Post Museum, Berlin

Cartography, 16th century. Italy, from Atlas of the World in thirty-three Maps, by Battista Agnese, 1553

The Daily Telegraph war map no. 10 , World War, 1914-1918, Europe, Maps, World War, 1914-1918, Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Europe, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Agricultural map of the Northwest Region, vintage engraving. Agricultural map of the Northwest Region, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674068

Old Map of railways in the east. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Karte des Römischen Reiches. Die Karte ist in der unteren rechten Ecke von I. Laurus signiert. Der eingefügte Text in der Mitte beschreibt die Ausdehn...

Map of the empire of Otto the Great, 10th century. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.

Kingdom of the Caliphs. Shows Arabic expansion from 622-1353. Appears on pages 6-7 in the author's A literary & historical atlas of Africa and Australasia. London : J.M. Dent & Sons ; New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., 1913.... , North Africa ,area

1814 Thomson Map of Tartary ( Mongolia, Tibet )

''Variations du Tchad; L'Ouest Africain', 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914.

Post card of all K, also K, Austrian states with most of Germany, Holland, France and Italy, Franz Landschau, cartographer

The map of Austria-Hungary with explanation of signs on map.

Map of Italy in 1895, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

This map shows The Aetolian and Achaean Leagues about 229 BC. The legend reads: Pink: Aetolians; Green: Achaeans.

Map of the Roman Empire at the death of Caesar Augustus, AD14. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.

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