World History
Here are 40 maps that explain the Middle East from the Fertile Crescent to the concluding picture of the region at night from space. Max Fisher put the maps together for Vox which you can view here.
It might be interesting to give students copies of some of the images and have them annotate the changes.
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World History
40 Maps that Explain the Middle East
It might be interesting to give students copies of some of the images and have them annotate the changes.
- David Rumsey Map Collection
While browsing yesterday, I found a fun map site. The David Rumsey Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. It includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts. This site is...
- Maps Of World War Two
Maps of World War Two. A history of the Second World War through maps. Includes critical battles, and campaigns such as Dunkirk, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, D-Day, Normandy, Berlin, and others. From the site: Maps of World War II provides an overview...
- 40 Maps That Explain World War I
Vox published 40 maps that explain the first world war. The map above shows the world mobilizing for war and the map below shows the Battle of Gallipoli. You can view the other 38 maps here at Vox. My thanks to my colleague, Jeff Feinstein, for sending...
- Imperial History Of The Middle East
I saw this on Vox, which has a great series of maps about the Middle East--40 maps that Made the Middle East. Thanks to Emily Haug for tweeting the link....
- History Maps Of The World App
I just found this iPhone app on maps of the world at different time periods in my daily e-mail Eschoonews. The author also has maps of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Unfortunately there is no Android app at this time. If you follow this blog...