Title: Europe, North Africa and West Asia: Regions
Production date: 24 November 2004
Description
This map (available in both labeled and blank versions) provides an introduction to some of the most prominent regions of the areas inhabited by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Regions listed include: Europe, Central Asia, North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the Italian Peninsula, the Balkans, Asia Minor (Anatolia), the Crimea, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Sinai, the Nile Valley, Arabia and Cyrenaica. The following islands are also labeled: Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete and Cyprus. Unlabeled versions of this map are available along with a labeled version showing major physical features: Europe, North Africa and West Asia: Physical Geography.
This map was compiled and produced by Tom Elliott.
2004, Ancient World Mapping Center:
This item may be reproduced and redistributed freely for non-profit,
personal or educational use only. For all other uses, you must obtain prior, written
permission from the copyright holder(s). The authorship, copyright and
redistribution notices may not be removed from the map or altered.
Map Data
Projection: Lambert Equal Area Azimuthal
Projection parameters:
Central Meridian:
20.0
Latitude of Origin: 40.0
False Easting: 0.0
False
Northing: 0.0
Horizontal datum: WGS 1984
Scale: 1:27 million
Map units: kilometers and miles
Bounding box: 15 Latitude x -4.7 Longitude (lower left corner); 46.6 Latitude x 80 Longitude (upper right corner)
Map Versions
There are 2 versions of this map available:
Version 1: Color, Elevation Tints, Labels, Outline and Shaded Relief
Version date: 24 November 2004
There are 4 formats of this version available:
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Standard PDF
File to download: eaaRegions.pdf (file size: 2.1 MB, image resolution: 300 dpi)
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High Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsLrg.jpg (file size: 1.5 MB, image resolution: 300 dpi)
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Medium Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsMed.jpg (file size: 544 KB, image resolution: 150 dpi)
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Low Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsSml.jpg (file size: 207 KB, image resolution: 72 dpi)
Version 2: Elevation Tints, Labels, Outline and Shaded Relief
Version date: 24 November 2004
There are 4 formats of this version available:
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Standard PDF
File to download: eaaRegionsGray.pdf (file size: 1.9 MB, image resolution: 300 dpi)
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High Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsGrayLrg.jpg (file size: 1 MB, image resolution: 300 dpi)
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Medium Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsGrayMed.jpg (file size: 373 KB, image resolution: 150 dpi)
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Low Resolution JPEG
File to download: eaaRegionsGraySml.jpg (file size: 143 KB, image resolution: 72 dpi)
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