Tajikistan Geography Redux

Historical Maps

WikiMediaCommons: Digital Atlas of Tajikistan

 VIA: The Tajikistan Update

20th Century Map of Political Factions in Afghanistan during the 1979-1989 Afghan-Soviet War (Matthew White) Map of Xinjiang 1949 (Mark Hauser) Map of the Chinese Civil War 1945-1949 (Matthew White) Map of China in 1941 (USMA West Point) Map of the Soviet Union 1921-29 (Joaquin de Salas Vara de Rey) Map of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan 1928 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of Pamirs, Tajikistan 1928 – Including Vanch and Yazgulam(Mark Hauser) Geological Map of Southern Darvaz, Tajikistan 1928 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Geological Map of Turkestan 1925 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of Kashgar 1919 (Mark Hauser) Map of Chinese Turkestan and the Pamirs 1916 (Mark Hauser) Map of Samarkand and Fergana Oblasts, Bukhara and Northern Afghanistan 1913 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of the Pamirs 1912 (German) (Mark Hauser) Map of Railways in Russia 1912 (Russian) – Includes Central Asia (US Library of Congress) Map of China under Qing Dynasty in 1910 (Matthew White) Map of Kazakhstan – Cossack villages and the settlements of Siberian Cossack troops in 1910 (Russian) (Kokshetau Online) Map of Baluchistan 1907-09 (University of Chicago) 1908 Map of Turkestan (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of Bukhara 1907 (Mark Hauser) Map of Central Asia 1901-1904 (Mark Hauser) Map of Chinese Turkestan 1902 – Xinjiang (Mark Hauser) Map of the Syria Darya Oblast (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of the Semirechenskoi Oblast (Russsian) (Mark Hauser) Map of Asiatic Russia and China (Russian) (US Library of Congress) Russia and China’s Expanding Influence and the Rise of Afghanistan. During this time Central Asia was also known as Turkestan or Tartaria, a term that included Siberia. The Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva were conquered by Russia in the 1860s and still appeared as independent states on many maps. List of name changes of cities and sites in Tajikistan since 1900 Map of Bukhara 1899 (Mark Hauser) Map of Turkestan and Neighboring Areas 1899 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of the Russian Empire Showing Regions of Precious Metals (US Library of Congress) Map of Shughnan – Modern Day Tajikistan- 1895 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Central Asia 1895 “Rand, McNally & Co.’s New 14 x 21 map of Asia” 1895 – Includes Central Asia Map of Chitral – Northern Pakistan – 1895 (Mark Hauser) “Afghan Turkistan, Bokhara, Hindu Kush and Kafiristan” from Constable’s 1893 Hand Atlas to India (Ian Poyntz) “Chinese Turkistan, Kashmir & Jamu” from Constable’s 1893 Hand Atlas to India (Ian Poyntz) “Afghan Frontier, SE Afghanistan and west Punjab” from Constable’s 1893 Hand Atlas to India (Ian Poyntz) Map of the Indian Empire from Constable’s 1893 Hand Atlas to India – Includes Afghanistan (Ian Poyntz) “Military Map of the Indian Empire” 1893 from Constable’s 1893 Hand Atlas to India – Includes Afghanistan (Ian Poyntz) “India in 1893, General Railway Map” 1893 (Ian Poyntz) Map of Russia and China 1889 – Russian (Library of Congress) Central Asia and Middle East – 19th Century (University of Pennsylvania) Siberia and Central Asia 1882 (FEEFHS) Caucasus – 1882 (FEEFHS) Crimea -1882 (FEEFHS) Trans-Ural Steep – 1882 (FEEFHS) Map of Central Asia 1893 (Mark Hauser) Afghanistan and Turkistan (Constables 1893 Area Maps) Chinese Turkistan (Xinjiang)  (Constables 1893 Area Maps) Map of Afghanistan Frontiers (Constable’s 1893 Area Maps) Map of Asia 1892 (University of Texas) Map of Oxus River 1892 (Mark Hauser) Map of the Pamirs 1892 (Mark Hauser) Modern Map of Asia (Japanese) (1) (Meji University) Modern Map of Asia (Japanese) (2) (Meji University) Modern Map of Asia (Japanese) (3) (Meji University) Map of the Karategin and Darvaz – Modern Tajikistan -1886  (Mark Hauser) Map of the Pamirs – Modern Tajikistan- 1884 (Mark Hauser) Map of the Pamirs 1874 – Includes Shughnan and Wakhi (Mark Hauser) Map of Khiva Khanate 1872 (J.A. McGahan) Map of Gilgit, Dilail, Yassin 1871 (Mark Hauser) Map of Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) 1878 Map of Turkestan 1878 – Includes Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Xinjiang (Russian) (Mark Hauser) Map of Eastern Turkistan (Mark Hauser) “Indian Empire in 1875” – Includes Afghanistan (Ian Poyntz) Ethnographic Map of Asiatic Russia 1870s – Includes Central Asia (Russian) (US Library of Congress) Map of Western Asia – Includes Central Asia (Japanese) (Yale Univesity) “Carte general de l’Empire Chinois et du Japon” London 1865 by Adrien-Hubert Brue – Includes Central Asia (Osaka University) “Asie” Paris 1862 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) Map of Central Asia 1860 (Heritage Antique Maps) Map of Aral Sea/Kamtchatka (Siberia) 1860 (Kauai Fine Arts) Russian Empire 1801-1860 – including Central Asia (Russian)(Vladimir V. Nikolaev) “Asia : entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858” Washington D.C. 1858 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Russia in Asia and Tartary” 1856 (Kauai Fine Arts) Aral Sea 1853 (University of Texas) “Independent Tartary” 1851 (Kauai Fine Arts) “Russia in Asia” by John and Tallis & Co. – London 1851 (Tooley Adams) “Asia” 1851 – John Tallis – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(HKUST) “Russia in Asia and Tartary” – Philadelphia 1850 – Includes Central Asia Bottom Left (Grace Galleries) “Cabol, the Punjab, and Beloochistan” – London c1850 – Map of Afghanistan (Grace Galleries) Map of Central Asia 1849 (Joaquin de Salas Vara de Rey) “Carte de l’Asie” 1848 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(GDZ) “Asie” Paris 1847 by Victor Levasseur – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (Osaka University) “Das Russische Reich in Europa Asien und America”  Weimar 1847 – Map of Russia Including Centra Asia (GDZ) Map of China by Henry S. Tanner c. 1843 – includes Chinese Turkestan (Heritage Map Museum) Map of China and Japan 1842 – Includes Xinjiang (Prof. Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu) Map of Central Asia 1840s (John Carl Nelson) “Asien” Weimar 1839 (Germany) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(GDZ) Map of Bukhara, Kabul, Baluchistan 1838 This map is very large and there is the option of downloading only thenorthern or southern halves of the map. (University of Texas)  Map of the British Response to Persian Aggression in Herat 1838 (John Carl Nelson) Map of Herat During Seige by Persians 1838 (John Carl Nelson) Persian Campaign in Herat 1836-1838 (John Carl Nelson) Wars in Central Asia between 1830-1834 (John Carl Nelson) Map of Asia from the Boston School Atlas (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Russian Empire 1820 (University of Texas) “Asien” Berlin 1820 (German) – Map of Asia Including  Central Asia(GDZ) “Asien” Nuremberg 1819 (German) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Tartary” Edinburg 1817 by J. Thomson – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (Osaka University) “Tartary” by John Thomas – 1817 (Heritage Map Museum) Map of Central Asia 1816 (Russian) (Mark Hauser) “Asia, drawn from the best authorities” 1813 – Includes Central Asia(USC) “Charte von China und den angrenzenden Lodern und Volkerschaften” 1812 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia” 1810 – Includes Central Asia (USC)  Map of Darvaz Region in Bukhara – Tajikistan – 1908 (Russian) (Mark Hauser)    Map of Asia – 1808 (University of Texas) “Charte vom ganzen Russischen Reich” Nuremberg 1807 (German) – Map of the Russian Empire including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asia from the latest authories” London 1807 – Includes Central Asia(USC) “Charte von Asien” Nurember 1805 (German) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia  (GDZ) “Asia : pour servir a la geographie de la science de l’histoire” 1804 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Chart of the Caspian Sea” 1802 London from “Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark” (GDZ) “Asia from the best authorities” 1801 – Includes Central Asia (USC) Map of Afghanistan in the Early 19th Century (John Carl Nelson) Afghanistan – Afghan Empire (Durrani) (Afghan Network) Map of Persian Empire in the Early 19th Century – Includes Central Asian Holdings (John Carl Nelson) Russian Empire 1751-1800 – Including Central Asia – (Russian)(Vladimir V. Nikolaev) “Carte d’Asie” 1800 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia, from the best authorities” 1800 – Includes Central Asia (USC) World Map 1500 – 1800 – Includes Central Asia (Hyper History) “A map of Asia according to the method of the Abbe Gaultier” 1799 – Inclues Central Asia (USC) “Carte d’Asie, divise en ses principaux etats” Paris 1799 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia from the best authorities” 1799 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia and its islands according to D’Anville” 1799 – Map of Asia (US Library of Congress) “Asia, drawn from the latest astronomical observations” 1798 – Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia” 1797 – Including Central Asia (USC) “A new map of Asia, drawn from the best authorities” Philadelphia 1796 – Including Central Asia (USC) “Siberie, Tartarie chinoise et Isles du Japon” Paris c. 1794 by Lamarche – Includes Xinjiang (Osaka Univeristy) “Imperii Russici Pars Orientem Spectans; Norimbergae” Nuremberg 1794 (GDZ) “Charte von Asien” Nuremberg 1793 (German) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asien” Nuremberg 1793 (German) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asia and its several islands and regions : according to their most approved divisions, with Captain Cook’s new discoveries” 1793 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “India 1700-1792” – Includes Afghanistan (Ian Poyntz) “Asie, divise en ses principaux etats, empires & royaumes” Paris 1791 – Include Central Asia (USC) “A new map of Asia : drawn from the best authorities” London 1791 – Includes Central Asia (USC) Map of Central Asia 1790s (John Carl Nelson) “Bowle’s new one-sheet map of Asia : divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, & other subdivisions” 1790 – Including Central Asia(USC) “Asia : compendio di geographia” Paris 1790 – Map of Asia Includin Central Asia  (USC) “Map of Asia from the best authorities” 1790 – Including Central Asia(USC) “Carte des Monts Altaisk et des deserts qui les voisinent” from “Voyages en différentes provinces de l’empire du Russie” Pallas 1788 – Includes Portion of Central Asia (University of Minnesota) “Carte des landes situées entre la Volga et Oural, et des contreés voisines” from “Voyages en différentes provinces de l’empire du Russie” Pallas 1788 – Includes Portion of Central Asia (University of Minnesota) “Carte d’Asie dresse pour l’usage du Roi” Paris 1788 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Carte d’Asie divise en ses principaux etats” 1787 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “A new & accurate map of Asia” London 1787 – Includes Central Asia(USC) “Asia, Est Nor Ashkharhagrakan Znnut’eants” 1786 – Map of Asia (US Library of Congress) “Charte das Russische Reich und die von den Tatarn bewohnte Länder in Europa und Asia enthaltend”  Nuremberg 1786 (German) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) Map of Asian Continent 1786 – Includes Tartaria (Postaprint) “L’Asie divise en ses principaux etats” 1786 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia and its islands from the most recent authorities” London 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Present Asia” 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia, drawn and engraved from the best maps & charts” London 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia according to the best authorities : engraved for Guthries new system of geography” London 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia : begreift As. Tur. die Asiatische Turkey, Chn. China, Fr. Tar. Freye Tartarey, O. Ind. Ost-Indien, Per. Persien, R. Tar. Rusische Tart., Sib. Siberien” 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia” London 1785 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Present Asia” London 1783 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “A New Map of Asia” London 1782 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “A new and correct map of the Russian empire” 1782 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Carte d’Asie, divise in ses principaux etats : assujettie aux observ’s. astronom’s” 1781 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “T. A. Landkarte zur Übersicht der Acad[emischen] Reisen im Russ. Reich” – 1780 (German) – Map of Russia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “L’Asie divise en ses principaux etats : assujettie aux observations astronomiq” 1778 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia : agreeable to the most approved maps and charts” London and Ferro 1778 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia drawn and engraved from the best maps & charts” London 1778 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “L’Asia divisa ne’ suoi principali stati di nuova projezione” 1777 (Italian) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia, divided into its principal states” 1774 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Mappa Gubernii Orenburgensis geographica” 1772 (Russian) – Map of Central Russia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asia according to the Sieur D’Anville, divided into its empires kingdoms & states, shewing the European settlements in the East Indies and all the new discoveries, made by the Russians the Dutch and the English” 1772 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Carte de la Tartarie Chinoise” 1771 – Map of China and Central Asia(USC) “Asia” 1770 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Grande Tartarie et Isles du Japon” 1766 – Includes Central Asia Bottom Left (Cartographica Neerlandica) “An accurate map of Asia” 1765 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(USC) “L’Asie : dresse pour l’etude de la geographie” 1765 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) Map of Afghan Empire in 1762 (Afghanistan Online) “Imperium Russicum omnisque Tartaria” 1762 – Map Russia Including Central Asia (USC) “Siberie ou Russie asiatique, Tartarie chinoise, Pays des Eluts et les Isles du Japon” 1762 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “An improved map of Asia” 1762 – Includes Central Asia (USC) 1760 Map of China used a Century Earlier – Includes portion of Central Asia (Tooley Adams) “L’Asie divise en ses principaux etats” 1760 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “An accurate map of Asia” 1760 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “A New Map of Asia” 1760 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia” 1760 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Asia” 1759 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Spatiosissimum Imperium Russiae magnae iuxta recentissimas Observationes Mappa Geographica; Augustae Vindel” Augsburg 1757 – Map of Russia and Central Asia (GDZ) “Siberie, ou Russie Asiatique, Tartarie Chinoise, Pays des Eluts et Isles du Japon” Paris 1755 by Siberie, ou Russie Asiatique, Tartarie Chinoise, Pays des Eluts et Isles du Japon- Includes Xinjiang (Osaka University) “Asie” Augsburg 1755 – Map of Asia Including Centrla Asia (GDZ) “A plain chart of the Caspian Sea” from “An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea”  London 1753. (University of Minnesota) “A map of the routs of the Russian embassy to Persia in 1746″ from “An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea.” London 1753 – Includes Central Asia (University of Minnesota) “Asia” 1752 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Carte de l’Asia” 1750 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia” 1749 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “An accurate map of Asia” 1747 – Includes Central Asia (USC) “Carte de Tartarie” Paris 1745 by Guillaume de L’Ile – Map of Russia, Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) “Nuova carta dell Asia” Venice 1745 by Isaac Tirion – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (Osaka Unversity) “Carte d’Asie” 1745 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia” Nuremberg 1744 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) Map of Asia 1744 – Including Central Asia (USC) Map of Asia 1743 – Including Central Asia (USC) “Imperii Russici et Tatariae Universae tam maioris et Asiaticae, quam minoris et Europaeae Tabula” Nuremberg 1739 (German) – Map of Russia and Central Asia (GDZ) “L’Asie” Paris 1739 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(GDZ) “Imperii Russici et Tatariae universae tam majoris et Asiaticae” Paris 1739 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Nuova carta della Tartaria” Amersterdam 1738 by Isaac Tirion – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) “La grande Tartarie” Leide 1736 – Map of North Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) Map of Russia (1734) (Meji University) “Magnae Tartariae Tabula Carte de Tartarie” – Amstedam 1733 – Includes Central Asia on Bottom (Grace Galleries) “Spatiosissimum Imperium Russiae magnae iuxta recentiÅimas Observationes Mappa Geographica” Augsburg 1732 – Map of Russia and Central Asia (GDZ) “L’ Asie” Paris 1732 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Carte des Indes, de la Chine & des Iles de Sumatra, Java” 1732 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) Map of the Persian Empire 1729 – Includes Central Asian Holdings (Persian) (Yale University) “Carte nouvelle de l’Asie septentrionale dressee sur des Observations Authentiques et toutes Nouvelles” London 1726- Map of Central Asiafrom Histoire genealogique des Tatars (GDZ) “Carte de l’Asie Septentrionale dans l’Estat on Elle s’est trouvee du temps de la grande Invasion des Tartares dans l’Asie meridionale sous la Conduite de Zingis-Chan” London 1726 – Map of Central Asia fromHistoire genealogique des Tatars (GDZ) “Nova Descriptio Geographica Tartariae” 1725 (National Library of Russia) “Asia” 1725 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Recentissima Asiae Delineatio” Nuremberg 1721 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Coste de Perse sure le Mer Caspiene et Parties de celles de Tartarie” – Amsterdam 1721 –  Map of the Caspian Sea (Putnam Antiquarian Maps) “Carte de Tartarie” Amsterdam 1721 (French) – Map of Central Asia and Siberia (GDZ)  “Geographica Nova ex…Mare Caspium altera Kamzatzadaliam” Nuremberg 1720 – Pair of Maps including one of the Caspian Sea (Yale University) “Nova Tabula Imperii Russici” Amsterdam 1720 – Map of Russia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asia” Augsburg 1720 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “L’Asie Divisèe en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Estats” Amsterdam 1720 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Exactissima Asiae delineatio” Amsterdam 1720 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Generalis totius Imperii Moscovitici” 1720 – Map of Russia and Central Asia (USC) “A New and Correct Map of Asia” London 1715 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) Map of Asia 1715 – Including Central Asia (USC) “Asia accuratissime descripta” Amsterdam 1710 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asiae pars potissima” Augsburg 1710 Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “A new map of Asia” 1710 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(USC) “Generalis Totius Imperii Moscovitici Novissima Tabula” Frankfurt 1707 – Map of Russia Including Central Asia from Dreyjährige Reise nach China, von Moscau ab zu Lande durch groß Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibirien, Daour, und die große Tartarey (GDZ) “Asia” Augsburg 1706 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Carte de Tartarie” 1706 – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (USC) “L’Asie” Paris 1704 – Map of Asia – Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asia” Munchen 1703 – Including Central Asia (Osaka Unversity) “Grande Tartary” – 1703 (Kauai Fine Arts) “Generalis totius Imperii Moscovitici novissima tabula; Norimbergae” Nuremberg 1702 (German) – Map of Russia Including Central Asia(GDZ) “Geographica nova ex oriente gratiosissima, duabus tabulis specialissimis contenta quarum una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso curiose exhibet; Norimbergae” Nuremberg 1703 – Pair of Maps Including the Caspian Sea (GDZ) “Asiae Recentissima Delineatio” Nuremberg 1702 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “El Asia” – London c. 1700 – Includes Central Asia (GDZ) “L’ Asie” Paris 1700 (French) – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(GDZ) “Nova Asiae tabula” Nurember 1698 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Exactissima Asiae Delineatio” Amsterdam 1697 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis Regni Chinae” Amsterdam 1690 by F. de Wit – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) Map of Central Asia – 1690 (John Carl Nelson) “Tartaria: sive Magni Chami Imperium” Amsterdam 1690 by Nicolaas Witsen – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) ” La Gran Tartaria” Rome 1683 by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) “Tartaria sive magni chami Imperium” – Amsterdam 1683 – Map of North East Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) Magnae Tartariae magni Mongolis Imperia Imperia, Iaponiae et Chinae Nova Descriptio by Fredrik de Wit c. 1680 – Includes Central Asia(Tooley Adams)  “Guillaume Sanson: L’Asia” Rome 1677 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (University of Osaka) “Pierre Duval: L’Asie” c. 1677 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(University of Osaka) “L’Asie : reveu´ et augmente” 1676 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Estates of the Great Duke of Russia Blanch” – Designed by Mounsr. Sanson Geographer to the French King c.1670 – includes Tartaria Bottom (Heritage Map Museum) “Asia” Amsterdam 1668 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium” 1660 (Yale University) “Accuratissima totius Asiae Tabula” Amsterdam 1660 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Nicolas Sanson: La Grande Tartarie” 1650 – Map of Siberia and Central Asia (Osaka University) “Asia Noviter Delineata” C1650 Blaeu, Johannes – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (HKUST) “Asie” 1650 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (USC) “Carte de l’Asie” Paris 1639 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(GDZ) “Asia Ex Magna Orbis Terrae” (1595) 1628 by Mercator, Gerard – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (HKUST) “A Newe Mape of Tartary” London c. 1627 (Yale University) “A newe mape of Tartary” 1626 – Map of Siberia and Central Asia(USC) “Asiae Nova Descriptio” 1612 – Includes Central Asia (Yale University) “Asiae Nova Descriptio” c. 1610 by Hondius, Jodocus – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (HKUST) Mughal Empire 1605 – Includes Portion of Afghanistan (Frank E. Smith) “Tartaria” – 1604 – Note the Caspian Sea named “Mare de Bachu”  (Kuai Fine Arts) “Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus” 1603 (US Library of Congress) “Asia” c1602 – Includes Central Asia (HKUST) “Tartariae” – 1600 (Yale University) “Asia” Oberursel 1600 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (GDZ) “Asiae Nova Descriptio” c1580 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia(HKUST) Map of Central Asia in 1575 (Kokshetau Online) “Theatrvm orbis terrarvm. – Asia” in the Ortelius Atlas 1570 – Map of Asia (Library of Congress) “Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm – Tartaria Siue Magni Chami Imperivm” in teh Ortelius Atlas 1570 – Map of Central Asia and Siberia (Library of Congress) “Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio” – London 1562 (Yale Univesity) “Primae Partis Asiae” Gerard de Jode – Antwerp 1578 – Includes Central Asia (Tooley Adams) Asie Paris 1575 – Includes Central Asia (French) (Yale University) “Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni” 1570 (Yale University) “Tommaso Porcacchi: Asia” 1572 – Map of Asia Including Central Asia (Osaka University) “La Table de la Region Orientale, Comrenant Le Derniers Terres & Royaumes d’Asia” by Henrich Petri Basle c.1540 – includes Central Asia (Tooley Adams) Map of Russian Conquests 1462-1533 – Includes Central Asia (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Turkic and Mongolian Conquest of Central Asia Map of Asia 1540 – Including Central Asia (David Gorgan) Mediaeval Commerce in Asia – Includes Silk Road (University of Texas) Map of the Muslim World c.A.D. 1500 (University of Pennsylvania) Map of Mongol Empires c. 1200-1480 (Hyper History) Map of Conquests of Timur 14th Century (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) The Mongol Dominions, 1300-1405 (University of Texas) Map of the Timurid Empire 1405 (Abuss) Map of Timurid Empire (1370-1405) Map of the Timurid Empire (Kokshetau Online) Map of Asia from the Catalan Atlas, Spain – 14th Century – Includes Central Asia (Biblioteque National de France) Map of Asia from the Catalan Atlas from the 14th Century – Includes Central Asia (Henry Davis.com) Map of Central Asia from the Catalan Atlas, Spain – 14th Century(Biblioteque National de France) Map of Central Asia and India from the Catalan Atlas, Spain – 14th Century (Biblioteque National de France) Map Caravan Crossing the Silk Road from the Catalan Atlas, Spain – 14th Century (Biblioteque National de France) Map of the Caspian Sea from the Catalan Atlas, Spain – 14th Century(Biblioteque National de France) Map of the Later Timurid Period and of Safawid Persia (University of Pennsylvania) Map of the Timurid Empire (Abuss) Map of the Golden Horde (Abuss) Map of Mongol Empire (Russian) (Kokshetau Online) Mongol Invasion of Central Asia – 13th Century (University of Pennsylvania) Map of Mongol Conquests in Central Asia in 13th Century (Russian)(Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of Mongol Conquests in 13th Century (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of Mongol period Map of the Muslim World c.A.D. 1300 (University of Pennsylvania) Map of Uyghur States 745-1209 (Abuss) Ancient Central Asia In the ancient world Central Asia was known as Bactria and Sogdiana. The region was populated mostly by Iranian ethnic groups whose descendents include the Tajiks. It was first occupied by the Persian Empire and later was conquered by Alexander the Great. Several later empires arose in the region including the Khushan and Sansid. The Arab Umayyad Empire conquered Central Asia and brought Islam the Region.  Map of Central Asia c. 1300 (Frank E. Smith) Map of the Silk Road (Antique Arts of Central Asia) Map of Arab Empire from 8th to 13th Century – Includes Central Asia(Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of that includes Ghaznavid Expansion in Central Asia c.A.D. 1100 (University of Pennsylvania) World Map of the Spread of Islam c.632-1000 – Includes Central Asia(Hyper History) Map of Ghazni Empire in 1027 (Afghanistan Online) Fall of Khazaria 850-965 A.D. – Includes Portion of Central Asia(Khazaria) Map of Ancient Iranian Languages (German) (Titus) Map of Turkic Empires in Central Asia (Abuss) Map of Caspian Sea Region According to Abuzeide Balkhi ca. 888 A.D. (David Gorgan) Map of Khwarezem State in 9th-10th Century (Sogdcoins) Map of Khazarian Empire 850 A.D. – Includes Portion of Central Asia(Khazaria) Map of the Rise of Khazaria 600-850 A.D. – Includes Portion of Central Asia (Khazaria) Map of the Abbasid Provinces during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid – 786 to 809 – Includes Central Asia (University of Pennsylvania) Map of the Umayyad Empire c.A.D.750 – Includes Central Asia(University of Pennsylvania) Map of Tokharistan 1st-7th Century (Sogdcoins) Map of Civilization in the Ferghana Valley in the 7th Century(Sogdcoins) Map of Muslim Expansion in the Time of Muhammad and the Four Rashidun Caliphs – Includes Central Asia (University of Pennsylvania) Muslim Expansion until 661 A.D. (University of Pennsylvania) Map of the Late Abbasid Caliphate c.A.D.900 – Includes Central Asia(University of Pennsylvania) Ancient Central Asia Western Central Asia Silk Road (Ancientroot.com) Map of Sogdiana State 7th Century (Sodgcoins) Map of Sogdiana (Abuss) Map of the Chach State 7th Century (Sogdcoins) Map of Nomadic Invasions of Central Asia and the Caucaus – 350-627 A.D. (Khazaria) Map of the Middle East in the 6th Century – Including the Sassanid Empire in Central Asia (University of Pennsylvania) Map of Asia 6th Century A.D. (Russia) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of Central Asia 6th Century A.D. (Russia) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of the Sassanid Empire 224-651 A.D. (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of the Sassanid Empire (Russian) (Abus) Map of Sassanid Empire (Frank E. Smith) Map of Sassanid Coin Mints (Grifter) World Map of Nomadic Invasions from Central Asia (Hyper History) Map of Ustrushana State in 4th-5th Century (Sodghcoins) Map of Expansion of Nomads from Central Asia 2nd Century A.D. (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of the World 1st-2nd Century A.D. – Includes Central Asia (Hyper History) Map of the Kushan Empire (Abuss) Map of the Kushan Empire 100 B.C. (Abuss) Map of Kushan Empire 1st Century A.D. (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of Kushan Empire 200 B.C.-250 A.D (RBI Monetary Museum) Small Map of Kushan Empire 1st Century A.D. (Met Museum) Map of Great Empire of 1st Century A.D. – Includes Kushan Empire in Central Asia Map of Asia 30 B.C. (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Persian Empire about 500 B.C. (University of Texas) Map of the World According to Herodotus 450 B.C. – Includes Central Asia (1) (Henry Davis.com) Map of the World According to Herodotus 450 BC – Includes Central Asia (2) (Henry Davis.com)  Map of the World According to Herodotus 450 B.C. – Includes Central Asia (3) (Henry Davis.com) Map of the World by Eratosthenes 220 BC – Includes Central Asia(Henry Davis.com) Map of the World by Eratosthenes 194 BC – Includes Central Asia(Henry Davis.com) Map of the World by Posidonius 150-130 BC – Includes Central Asia(Henry Davis.com) Chinese Han Empire 100 A.D. – Includes Xinjiang (Frank E. Smith) Ptolemy’s “Septima Asie tabula Continet Margianam, Bactrianam, Sogdianos, Sacas & Scythiam intra Imaum Montem” from 1482 Cosmographia – c. 90-68 B.C. (University of Minnesota) Ptolemy’s World Map from 1482 Ptolemy from Cosmographia – c. 90-68 B.C. (University of Minnesota) Ptolemy’s Septima Asiae Tabula from the 1513 Stassburg edition of Geographia –  c 90-68 B.C. (Lombard Maps) Map of the World According to Stabo 18 A.D. – Includes Central Asia(Henry Davis.com) Map of the World by Pomponius Mela 40 A.D. – Includes Central Asia(Henry Davis.com) Map of the World According to Abraham Ortelius 100 A.D. – Includes Central Asia (Henry Davis.com) Map of the World by Dionysius 124 A.D. – Includes Central Asia Interactive Map of Parthia (Parthia.com) Map of Ancinet Parthia (Russian) Map of Parthia at its Greatest Extent (Parthia.com) Central Asia 247 BC-AD 224 The Disintegration of the Alexander’s Empire (Russian) (Kokshetau Online) Map of Alexander the Great’s Campaign Including Central Asia (Russian) (Kokshetau Online) Map of Alexander the Great’s Empire in 323 B.C. (Anna Taylor) Map of Alexander the Great’s Empire 334-323 B.C. (Hyper History) Map of Central Asia during Time of Alexander the Great 4th Century B.C. (Livius) 1595 Map of Alexander’s Conquest by Abraham Ortelius (University of Melbourne) Map of Alexander the Great period Map of Alexander the Great’s Conquests 4th Century B.C. – Includes Central Asia (Anna Taylor) Map of Alexander the Great’s Conquest  4th Century B.C. – Includes Central Asia (USMA West Point) Map of the Persian Empire in 529 B.C. (Ragz.international.com) Map of the Persian Empire 539-330 B.C. – Includes Central Asia(Hyper History) Map of the Persian Empire c. 490 B.C. (USMA West Point) Map of the Persian Empire 500 B.C. – Includes Central Asia Map of Asia 6th Century B.C. (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Persian Empire 6th Century B.C. (Russian) (Vladimir V. Nikolaev) Map of Asian Empires 600 B.C. – including Median Empire in Central Asia (University of Texas)