Table of Historical Maps

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[edit] Table of Historical Maps on Wikipedia / WikiMedia

[edit] Notes on Usage

This table is an auxiliary collection to the existing Wikipedia Category:History Maps and the WikiMedia Category:Maps and WikiMedia Historical Atlas map tracking structures. Any suggestions for automatically reconciling these repositories would be welcome (to User:KTyson).

This table is intended to accumulate entries on as many of the Wiki system historical map image resources as possible, with one central location where pointers to all such resources reside. Keeping the data entries as simple, consistent, and general as possible is a priority.

One possible use of the table is to export it to a spreadsheet (cut and paste works - but be mindful of formatting issues). Then, different filters and sorting operations will give the user a sequence of historical maps on any subject of interest.

[edit] Suggestions for Contributors:

  1. When entering, place the new entry in order by "From" date, then, if further ordering is necessary by "Region" (larger region to smaller, northern to southern, etc.)
  2. If possible, a region should link to an article covering its overall geography.
  3. Keep table entries as simple and consistent as possible.
  4. Let the actual map image file drive the entry (for instance, if the map itself or its title has dates indicated - use those). Interpret dates From and To when there is no other way of assigning them.
  5. Let the associated metadata speak for itself concerning source, history, defects, applications, linked entries, etc.
  6. Reference the Map Type Notes and the Map Made Notes sections for the contents of these columns.


From To Region Type Subject Map Made
3200 BC 2400 BC Ancient Near East Political City States of Sumer Image:Ur3.JPG Recent
3000 BC 500 BC Ancient Near East Political Nomes of Lower Egypt Image:Lower_Egypt_Nomes_01.png Recent
3000 BC 500 BC Ancient Near East Political Nomes of Upper Egypt Image:Upper_Egypt_Nomes.png Recent
2000 BC 1000 BC Central America - Mexico Language Spread of Maya language Image:HuastecRoute.jpg Recent
1600 BC 1043 BC Ancient China Political Shang Dynasty Centers Image:China_1.jpg Recent
1350 BC 1330 BC Ancient Near East Political Powers of the Amarna Period Image:Amarnamap.png Recent
1200 BC 400 BC Central America - Mexico Political Olmec Civilization Image:Olmec_Heartland_Overview_v2.svg Recent
900 BC 900 BC Central America - Mexico Political Maya and Mesoamerican cultures Image:SE_Mesoamerican_Formative_Period_sites.svg Recent
600 BC 600 BC Ancient Near East Political Powers of 600 BC Image:Shepherd_1923_Oriental_Empires_c.600_BCE.jpg 1923
600 BC 600 BC Central America - Mexico Political Maya and Mesoamerican cultures Image:Classic_sites_1.svg Recent
600 BC 600 BC Central America - Mexico Political Maya and Mesoamerican cultures Image:Formative_Era_sites.svg Recent
550 BC 550 BC Mediterranean Basin Political Ancient Greece world in 550 BC Image:Location_greek_ancient.png Recent
490 BC 490 BC Central Asia Political Persian Empire Image:Persian_empire_490bc.gif Recent
450 BC 450 BC Aegean Sea Political Ancient Athens in 450 BC Image:Athenian_empire_atheight_450_shepherd1923.png 1923
400 BC 100 BC Caucasus Political Colchis, Iberia, Sarmatia Image:1729.jpg 1770
334 BC 323 BC Ancient Near East Military Empire of Alexander the Great Image:MacedonEmpire.jpg Recent
300 BC 300 BC Ancient Near East Political Divisions of the Diadochi Image:Diadochen1.png Recent
250 BC 226 Ancient Near East Political Parthian Empire Image:LocationParthia.PNG Recent
250 BC 125 BC Central Asia Political Greco-Bactrian Kingdom Image:Greco-Bactrian_kingdom.jpg Recent
250 BC 400 India Political Maurya and Gupta Empires of India Image:Maurya_india.png Recent
200 BC 200 BC Central Asia and Middle East Political Hellenistic World Image:Hellenistic_world_200BC_blank.png Recent
200 BC 200 BC Aegean Sea Political Hellenistic Aegean Centers Image:Map_Macedonia_200_BC-fr.svg Recent
180 BC 10 India Political Indo-Greek Kingdom Image:Indo-GreekKingdomMap11.jpg Recent
100 BC 100 BC Central Asia Political Scythia Parthia Image:Scythia-Parthia_100_BC.png Recent
100 BC 100 Central Asia Political Bactria Image:BactriaMap.jpg Recent
100 BC 100 India Political Indo-Greek Kingdom Image:Indo-GreekKingdomMap3.jpg Recent
100 800 South America Political Moche Culture Image:Mapa_cultura_moche.png Recent
200 600 Central Asia Political Sassanid Empire Image:Indo-Sassanid.jpg Recent
200 1500 Central America Political Maya Image:Mayamap.png Recent
280 540 India Political Gupta Empire Image:IndiaGuptaEmpire.jpg Unknown
300 500 Central Asia Political Kushan Empire Image:GBAMap.jpg Recent
376 567 Balkans Political Gepids, Avars, Lombards Image:Carphatianbasin_gepidia.png Recent
500 500 Central Asia Political Sassanids Image:Carte_empire_Sassanide.png Recent
500 500 Central Asia Political Sassanid Empire Image:Sassanides02.png Recent
500 BC 1527 Mexico Political Zapotec Culture Image:Zapotecos.png Recent
520 520 India Political Hephthalite Dominion Image:Hephthalite.png Recent
550 550 Mediterranean Basin Political Byzantium Image:Byzantium550.png Recent
600 600 India Political Harsha's Empire ca 600 Image:Harsha.JPG Recent
602 629 Central Asia Political Sassanian Empire Image:Sassanid-empire-610CE.png Recent
622 750 Mediterranean Basin Political Caliphate Image:Age_of_Caliphs.png Recent
632 750 Mediterranean Basin Political Caliphate Image:Eroberungen-Islam.JPG 1917
642 642 Middle East Political Expansion of the Caliphate Image:Arabische_Rijk.jpg Recent
700 1200 North America - Southwest Political Pueblo People (Anasazi) Image:Anasazi-es.svg Recent
700 700 India Political Pala Empire Image:Pala_Empire_(Dharmapala).gif Recent
750 750 World Political World Image:The_world_in_750_CE.PNG Recent
750 750 Mediterranean Basin Political Caliphate Image:Califate_750.jpg 1923
802 802 British Isles Political Kingdoms of England Image:British isles 802.jpg 1926
843 843 Europe Political [[Division of Charlemagne's Frankish Empire Image:Old Saxony1 in western empire 843.jpg 1927
1025 1025 Mediterranean Basin Political Byzantine Empire Image:1025AD.PNG Recent
1206 1294 Central Asia Political Expansion of the Mongol Empire Image:Mongol_Empire_map.gif Recent
1300 1406 Central Asia Political Mongol Empire Image:Mongol dominions1.jpg Unknown
1300 1600 North America - Mexico Political Aztec Empire Image:Aztecempirelocation.png Recent
1300 1300 Mexico Political Tarascan Culture Image:Tarascan_aztec_states.png Recent
1300 1530 Mexico Political Mixtec Culture Image:Mixtecs.png Recent
1438 1527 South America Political Expansion of Inca Empire Image:Inca-expansion.png Recent
1492 1880 North America Language North American Indians Image:Langs_N.Amer.png Recent
1519 1522 World Exploration Ferdinand Magellan Image:Magellan's_voyage_EN.svg Recent
1519 1519 North America - Mexico Political Aztec Empire Image:Aztec_Empire_c_1519.png Recent
1519 1519 North America - Mexico Political Aztec Empire Image:Lake_Texcoco_c_1519_.png Recent
1526 1857 India Political Mughal Empire Image:Mughal_empire_large.png Recent
1550 1600 Northern Europe Political Livonia Image:Livland_15jh.png Unknown
1580 1580 China Political Ming Dynasty Centers Image:Ming_foreign_relations_1580.jpg Recent
1581 1640 World Political Iberian Empire Colonization of Americas Image:Iberian_Union_Empires.png Recent
1600 1600 India Political Moguls and European Possessions Image:Stormogulernas_rike_1600.jpg Recent
1600 1900 Africa Language African Languages Image:African_language_families.png Recent
1650 1650 Great Lakes Political Iroquois Image:Iroquois_5_Nation_Map_c1650.png Recent
1662 1662 Northern Europe Political Livonia Image:LIVONIA_vulgo_Lyefland-Joan_Blaeu,_1662.jpg 1662
1670 1670 Balkans Political Balkans and Adriatic Sea Zemljopisna_karta Unknown
1670 1670 Balkans Political Servia, Moesia, Dacia Image:Rascia01.jpg Unknown
1670 1670 Balkans Political Hungary, Pannonia, Illyricum Image:Rascia_Banat02.jpg Unknown
1673 1673 Northern Europe - British Isles Political Faroe Islands Image:Faroe_map_1673_by_lucas_debes.png 1673
1700 1700 India Political Mughal Empire Image:Mughals.JPG Recent
1700 1700 India Political Mughal Empire and Maratha Confederacy Image:Moghul_india.png 1860
1700 1700 India Political India Image:India_shepherd_1923.jpg 1923
1705 1705 Northern Europe Political Livonia and Courland Image:Ducatuum_Livoniae_et_Curlandiae_Nova_Tabula,_1705.jpg 1705
1720 1720 Great Lakes Political Iroquois Image:Iroquois_6_Nations_map_c1720.png Recent
1750 1750 North America + South America Political European Colonization of Americas Image:Colonizationoftheamericas.png Recent
1760 1760 India Political Maratha Empire Image:India1760_1905.jpg 1905
1763 1776 North America - Eastern Seaboard Political British Colonies Image:British_colonies_1763-76_shepherd1923.PNG 1923
1784 1784 Antarctica - South Atlantic Exploration Kerguelen Islands Image:Kerg_map.jpg 1784
1785 1785 Balkans Political Hungary and Turkish Empire Image:Hungary_with_Turky_in_Europe.jpg 1785
1800 1800 Balkans Political Austria-Hungary frontier with Ottoman Empire Image:Militargrenze.jpg Unknown
1804 1805 North America Exploration Lewis and Clark Track_Across_the_Western_Portion jpg 1814
1805 1805 Europe Military Ulm Campaign Image:European_strategic_situation,_1805.jpg Recent
1812 1812 Africa Political Africa in 1812 Image:Africamap1812.jpg 1812
1871 1871 Europe Political Alsace-Lorraine Image:Alsace-lorraine_1871.jpg 1871
1890 1890 Africa Political Africa in 1890 Image:Afryka_1890.jpg 1890
1892 1892 Central Europe Political Bohemia and Moravia Image:Böhmen_Mähren_Österreich_Schlesien.jpg 1892
1908 1908 China Economic Railroads in China Image:China-RR-1908.png 1908
1911 1911 Europe Political Austria-Hungary Image:Austria_hungary_1911.jpg Unknown
1911 1911 Europe Political Ukraine and Austria-Hungary Image:Ukrainians_in_Austria-Hungary_1911.gif Unknown
1911 1911 Europe Political Germany and Austria-Hungary Image:Austrian_Germans_in_western_Austro-Hungarian_Empire.gif Unknown
1913 1913 Africa Political Colonial Africa Image:ColonialAfrica.png Recent

[edit] Map Type Notes

All maps show at least some geographical features, such as ocean and lake shorelines, rivers, mountains, and forests, at some level of detail and accuracy.

  • Political maps feature the point location of populated places (such as cities) and the areal boundaries of political or cultural entities.
  • Language maps feature the areal boundaries of languages.
  • Military maps feature the linear tracks of military expeditions and/or the outlines of military formations.
  • Exploration maps feature the linear tracks of explorers and the features they have encountered.
  • Economic maps feature the point location not only of populated places, but of economic resources, manufactures, and industrial production, as well as linear routes of trade.


[edit] Map Made Notes

A date or keyword in the "Made" column is intended to quickly identify the provenance and age of the historical map image resource.

  • The best accredited date it was drawn if it is an Old Map.
  • The word Unknown if it is an Old Map which is clearly not recent, but the exact date is not evident.
  • The word Recent if it is a recently constructed interpretation of the historical situations portrayed.