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Maps - Ancient Maps and Atlases

Maps of places in the ancient world.
Ancient Rivers

All civilizations depend on available water, but not all (e.g., Palestine) depend on rivers. Rivers also provided ancient societies with access to trade -- not only of products, but ideas, including language, writing, and technology. River-based irrigation permitted communities to specialize and develop, even in areas lacking adequate rainfall. For those cultures that depended on them, rivers …

Latitude
The lines of latitude run horizontally parallel to each other. The word latitude comes from a Latin word for "wide" (latus>>latitudo).
Public Domain Maps of Europe, Italy, Greece & Asia Minor
Public Domain maps of the ancient world. Four maps (websized and 1 meg versions) showing ancient Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, and central Europe.

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