These maps depict Europe and near East during the medieval period including the rise of Islam and various trade. The dynastic changes in China and the rise Mongol Empire are displayed.
Tan Dynasty at its greatest extent, 669 AD
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms Period 923 CE
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_period
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Song, Liao, Jin, and Western Xia dynasties (960-1234 AD)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China
Europe 650 A.D.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages
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The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo II, 717 CE
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
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The expansion of the Muslim Caliphate until 750 AD
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate
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Europe at the death of Charlemagne 814
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scandinavian Settlement
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages
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Europe and the Mediterranean region 1190 CE
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Middle_Ages
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Marco Polo travels (1271-1295)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery
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Europe and the Mediterranean region 1328
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages
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Main trade routes of late medieval Europe
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages
Expansion of the Mongol Empire in Eurasia 1227
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
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The Mongol Empire's borders in the 13th century and today's borders
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
