An Interactive, Panoramic View of the Holy City

Very impressive, from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: A navigable panoramic view of Jerusalem.

Awesome.

Go enjoy.

 

Middle East Imperial History

Very cool map animation. Watch the history of the Middle East (and beyond) unfold with an interactive map showing the various civilizations that have ruled the region from ancient Egypt to modern times.

Click on the map to start the show.

Source:   Steve Ray

 

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization

The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations is a very interesting work-in-progress by students and faculty at Harvard:

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization(DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval worlds. DARMC allows innovative spatial and temporal analyses of all aspects of the civilizations of western Eurasia in the first 1500 years of our era, as well as the generation of original maps illustrating differing aspects of ancient and medieval civilization. A work in progress with no claim to definitiveness, it has been built in less than three years by a dedicated team of Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, research scholars and one professor, with some valuable contributions from younger and more senior scholars at other institutions…

You can check the site out and map at Harvard here.