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Maps - Asia Minor - Chronological

Maps of Aisa Minor - General
Also see Neareast Timelines Index
The Earliest Known Map
Monograph to accompany a slide of a clay Babylonian map from 6200 BC. Conjectures on earlier map making. Includes bibliography. Also see Clay Tablet town plan map from Ga-Sur, 2500 BC with a redrawn map showing what may have been on the original, Town Plan wall drawing from Catal Hyük, 6200 BC, and Mesopotamian City Plan map, from Nippur, 1500 BC.

Babylonian Clay Tablet World Map
Circular map from 600 BC which if the interpretive redrawing is correct shows Babylon, Armenia, and the Bitter River.

Bible Maps

  • Ancient Near East before the Exodus
    Map shows Abraham's journey around 2000 BC. From Bible Maps of Bible Times and Lands.
  • The Exodus from Egypt
    Map of the Neareast around 1500 BC. From Bible Maps of Bible Times and Lands.
  • Twelve Tribes in Canaan
    Map of the locations of the twelve tribes during the period between Joshua and Saul, 1400-1100 BC. From Bible Maps of Bible Times and Lands.
  • United Kingdoms of David and Solomon.
    Map showing the kingdoms of David and Solomon about 1000 BC. From Bible Maps of Bible Times and Lands.
  • Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
    Map showing the division between Judah and Israel from 900-722 BC. From Bible Maps of Bible Times and Lands
  • Bible Maps
    Successive World Kingdoms: Persia, Babylon, Assyria, 640-500 BC. Eventually spanning from Libya and Macedonia in the West to the end of the Persian Gulf in the East, maps show the outlines of each empire.
  • Palestine at the time of Jesus
    Map of Palestine at the time of Jesus (33 AD).

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