Open Access Atlas: Middle East & North Africa

Atlas: Middle East & North Africa

Published by: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
50 pages
Year: 2017
ISBN: 9780903109032

Table of contents:
Contents
Legend..................................6
Regional overview................8

Topography
North Africa 1.........................10
North Africa 2.........................12
Middle East 1..........................14
Middle East 2..........................16
Arabian Peninsula...................18

Religious groups
North Africa 1.........................20
North Africa 2.........................12
Middle East 1..........................24
Middle East 2..........................26
Arabian Peninsula...................28

Ethnic groups
North Africa 1.........................30
North Africa 2.........................32
Middle East 1..........................34
Middle East 2..........................36
Arabian Peninsula...................38

Oil and gas fields
North Africa 1.........................40
North Africa 2.........................42
Middle East 1..........................44
Middle East 2..........................46
Arabian Peninsula...................48


See also: Open Access Atlas: Syria & Iraq

Open Access Atlas: Syria & Iraq

Atlas: Syria & Iraq
Published by: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9783950364378

Table of contents:
Regional overview..................................................................................................6
Syria & Iraq: Topography and administrative divisions........................................8
Syria & Iraq:  Physiography..................................................................................10
Syria & Iraq: Control of territory January 2015....................................................12
Syria & Iraq: Control of territory June 2016..........................................................14
Syria & Iraq: Major Clashes January 2015 –June  2016........................................16
Syria & Iraq: Religious and sectarian groups January  2014..................................18
Syria & Iraq: Ethnic and linguistic groups January 2014.......................................20
Kurds in the Middle East.........................................................................................22
Oil and gas fields in Iraq and Syria.........................................................................24
Camps for Syrian and Iraqi refugees and IDPs 2016.............................................26
Syrian/Iraqi citizens and Syrian/Iraqi-born population 2015..... ...........................28
Asylum applications of Syrian/Iraqi citizens 2015................................................30
Syrian/Iraqi refugees and IDPs 2015.....................................................................32

DOHA - Doha Online Historical Atlas

DOHA - Doha Online Historical Atlas

The Origins of Doha is a UCL Qatar research project, supported by the Qatar National Research Fund and aims to explore the foundation and historic growth of Doha, its transformation to a modern city, and the lives and experiences of its people, through a combination of archaeological investigation, historical research and oral testimony. 

This interactive web resource presents some of the project's research, tracing of the changing physical extent and urban configuration of Al Bidda and Doha through time, using historic maps, photographs, historic building recording and the excavation of archaeological deposits. 

This website was made possible by NPRP grant no. 5-421-6-010 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. - See more at: http://www.spatialheritage.org/doha/#sthash.i5ylTfHK.dpuf

The Syriac Gazetteer

The Syriac Gazetteer

The Syriac Gazetteer is a geographical reference work of Syriaca.org for places relevant to Syriac studies. “Places relevant to Syriac Studies” include places named in Syriac texts (such as Ḥarqel — ܚܪܩܠ), places interesting to historians who work on Syriac texts (such as Dura-Europos), and places where scholarship on Syriac is being produced (such as Japan). There are no temporal or spatial boundaries for the geographic database, which collects places relevant to any period of history useful for Syriac studies, from places mentioned in the Peshitta version of Genesis to places founded recently, and from ancient Edessa to Mongol-era outposts in China and diaspora communities in the United States of America. At least in theory, any type or size of place could be represented in the geographic database, from large empires to single churches or a particular named city gate. Maps are provided for places whose location is known, but the database includes places which are not located or even locatable: each place is a conceptual thing with a mental existence related to, but not reducible to, its physical manifestation. Mythological and other ahistorical places are also included in the database.

• Index page: an alphabetic index of places in the gazetteer.
• About page: an overview of the gazetteer and its contributors.
• Help page: documentation, editorial guidelines, and technical definitions.
• Browse maps: browse places on an interactive map.
• Edessa: featured place.

Documentation

• Dates
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Headwords
• How to View Syriac Text on Syriaca.org
• Place Types
• Religious Communities
• Technical Terminology

And see AWOL's Roundup of Resources on Ancient Geography

al-Thurayyā Gazetteer, Ver. 02

al-Thurayyā Gazetteer, Ver. 02

This is our first usable demo of al-Thurayyā Gazetteer. Currently it includes over 2,000 toponyms and almost as many route sections georeferenced from Georgette Cornu’s Atlas du monde arabo-islamique à l'époque classique: IXe-Xe siècles (Leiden: Brill, 1983). The gazetteer is searchable (upper left corner), although English equivalents are not yet included; in other words, look for Dimashq/دمشق, not Damascus.

You can browse the Gazetteer by clicking on any toponym marker. The popup will show the toponym both in Arabic script and transliterated. We are using a slightly modified transliteration system that facilitates conversion between fully transliterated, transliterated, and Arabic forms of toponyms. It should be easily understandable. There may be typos, because of the nature of how the data has been generated, so please, let us know if something should be corrected. The popup also offers a selection of possible sources on a toponym in question. You can check Arabic Sources: currently, al-Samʿānī’s Kitāb al-ansāb and Yāqūt’s Muʿjam al-buldān. Currently, the Gazetteer will only check for exact matches, which means that in some cases there will not be any entry at all, while in other cases there may be more than one and they may refer to other places with the same name. Improving the precision of this lookup is on our to-do list. You can also check if there is information on a toponym in question in Brill's Encyclopaedia of Islam, Pleiades, and Wikipedia.

Credits & Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Adam Tavares (programmer @ Perseus Project, Tufts) and, particularly, Cameron Jackson (senior, double-majoring in Arabic and Computer Science, Tufts) for the technical development; to Vickie Sullivan (Chair, Classics Department), Gregory Crane and the entire Perseus team on the both sides of the Atlantic for support and inspiration.

And see AWOL's Roundup of Resources on Ancient Geography

Irancarto

 [First posted in AMIR 13 November 2011. Updated 25 January 2012]

Irancarto

Irancarto est un site de recherche consacré aux études cartographiques sur l’Iran et le monde iranien actuel ou passé : société, démographie, économie, politique, culture, histoire, linguistique, arts, villes, campagnes...


Irancarto publie des cartes d’archive, des atlas et de nouveaux travaux géographiques.
L’actualité sur les ressources et les recherches cartographiques en cours sur le monde iranien est consultable dans le volume Bazarcarto. 


Irancarto est publié à Paris par l’Unité mixte de recherche 7528 Mondes Iranien et Indien (CNRS, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, INALCO, EPHE).


Irancarto is a scientific research website devoted to cartographic studies on Iran and the Iranian world current or past: society, demography, economics, politics, culture, history, language, arts, cities, countryside...


Irancarto publishes new cartographic studies and digital editions of previously printed atlases.
Bazarcarto is a hub of information and exchange for Iranian cartography.


Irancarto is published in Paris by Mondes Iranien et Indien (Joint Research Unit 7528: CNRS, University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, INALCO, EPHE).

ایران کارتو: این وب سایت به نقشه ها و نمایش جغرافیایی پژوهشهای علمی در باره ایران و جهان ایرانی (زمان حال یا گذشته) اختصاص داده شده. این پژوهشها زمینه های گوناکونی را در مقیاس های روستا، شهر، استان و ... پوشش میدهند از جمله زمینه های پژوهشی در باره جامعه، جمعیت شناسی، اقتصاد، سیاست، فرهنگ، تاریخ، زبان، هنر و ...

ایران کارتو: نسخه آنلاین اطلسهای چاپ شده و نقشه های آنلاین پژوهشهای تازه.

بازارکارتو:میدانی آنلاین برای داد و ستد پژوهشی و گفتگو درباره نقشه ها و نمایش جغرافیایی پژوهشهای علمی.

Sommaire

1.	Bazarcarto
2.	Atlas d'Iran 1998
3.	Atlas de Téhéran métropole
4.	Atlas de l'Iran rural
5.	Atlas d'Iran 2006
6.	Démographie
7.	Politique Economie Société
8.	Histoire
9.	Langues et linguistique
10.	Ethnologie : Alborz central
11.	Ethnologie : Zâgros

Holy Land Maps from the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection

Holy Land Maps from the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection

The Holy Land has been the subject of a relatively large number of maps, chiefly due to its religious importance. Some of the earliest maps reflected ancient traditions of mapping such as that of Ptolemy; others were meant to illustrate the Holy Scriptures. Some maps were printed separately; while others were published as part of atlases, itineraries and travel books. Owners who could afford the expense added coloring to their maps.

Many maps of the Holy Land are oriented to the east (orient=from the Latin word for east), reflecting the view point of European mapmakers looking in the direction of the Holy Land. However, there are a few maps oriented to the south, and to the west and naturally to the north. Many Biblical elements from the Old and New Testament can be traced in the maps, such as the route of the Exodus, the Tabernacle, the division of the Land among the Tribes, Moses and Aaron, the travels of Jesus and the Apostles, and others. Toward the end of the 18th century a new genre of maps emerged, characterized by the diminished use of pictorial elements. These were replaced by symbols such as letters and numbers, for example to mark the Tribes. The legends appear in the margins.

The introduction of surveying at the beginning of the 19th century brought about a significant change in the mapping of the Holy Land. Maps by Jacotin, a cartographer who accompanied Napoleon on his journey to Egypt and Palestine, were the first to be based upon scientific measurements. Later researchers such as Robinson, Kiepert and Van de Velde produced scientific maps, and in 1880, the Palestine Exploration Fund produced more accurate maps, thereby firmly establishing the basis of scientific Holy Land research.

This beautiful collection of ancient maps of the Holy Land is part of a much larger collection that includes ancient maps of the world, early printed atlases and travel books. The entire extraordinary collection was donated by its renowned owner, Eran Laor in 1975 to the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. The late Mr. Laor is the author of: Maps of the Holy Land, New York, 1986.