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Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World provide both students and scholars with detailed and exacting geographic information of the ancient world. Using the world renowned geographic data from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, the sweeping views of the ancient world allow students to understand important concepts such as trade, movement, spatial and cultural relations and to consider how the ancient terrain would have affected them. The maps provide a powerful tool for comprehending how the ancient world worked and also to help re-evaluate out-dated theories in light of precise geographic information. Those students who are new to the discipline of ancient history will find them invaluable in orientating themselves within the world of the past. How far is Athens from Sparta, what type of terrain did Alexander have to cross on his journeys, how did the valley of the Nile look in 500 BC? Such questions and many more are answered by the maps within this series. The maps in this set are: Egypt and the Near East, 3000 -1200 BCE (70x50 inches) Egypt and the Near East, 1200 - 500 BCE (70x50 inches) Italy in the Mid First Century CE (70x58 inches) Greece and the Aegean in the Fifth Century BCE (66x48 inches) Greece and Persia in the Time of Alexander the Great (65x35 inches) The World of the New Testament and the Journeys of Paul (65x50 inches) The Roman Empire around 200 CE (75x56 inches)