MAKE A MEME View Large Image Spruner Map of the Caucasus and Iraq in Antiquity - Geographicus - CaucusesIraq-spruner-1865.jpg A particularly interesting map this is Karl von Spruner ™s 1865 rendering of the Caucasus and Mesopotamia in antiquity Centered on Lake Van ...
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Keywords: 1965 Spruner Map of the Caucasus and Iraq in Antiquity - Geographicus - CaucusesIraq-spruner-1865.jpg A particularly interesting map this is Karl von Spruner ™s 1865 rendering of the Caucasus and Mesopotamia in antiquity Centered on Lake Van modern day eastern Turkey this map covers the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea then southwards to the Fertile Crescent as far as the Euphrates River Babylonia and the head of the Persian Gulf These regions include the modern day countries of Iraq Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan and adjacent parts of Syria Turkey Iran and the North Caucasus Like most of Spruner ™s work this example overlays ancient political geographies on relatively contemporary physical geographies thus identifying the sites of forgotten towns and villages the movements of armies and the disposition of lands in the region This particular example includes ancient names for many notable regions and historical sites As a whole the map labels important cities rivers mountain ranges and other minor topographical detail Territories and countries outlined in color The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting the fine craftsmanship for which the Perthes firm is known Antikes Vorderasien Die Karte reicht im Westen bis Bosra Damaskus Antiochien und die Mündung des Iris YeÅŸilırmak ins Schwarze Meer im Norden bis Pityus Pizunda an der Schwarzmeerküste und zum dagestanischen Fluß Sulak im Osten bis AbÅŸeron Ekbatana und Susa und im Süden bis zur Mündung von Euphrat und Tigris 1865 undated Size in 13 16 accession number CaucusesIraq-spruner-1865 object history credit line Spruner Karl von <i>Spruner-Menke Atlas Antiquus </i> Gotha Justus Perthes 1865 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 PD-Art-100 Old maps of the Black Sea Karl Spruner von Merz 1865 maps Old maps of Iraq Old maps of the Caucasus 19th-century maps of Georgia Old maps of Armenia 19th-century maps of Azerbaijan Old maps of Syria Maps of Colchis Maps of the Kingdom of Iberia Old maps of Caucasian Albania Maps of Mesopotamia Maps of Babylonia Maps of Assyria Maps of Cappadocia Maps of Pontus Parthian-Roman wars
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