World History Maps

This interactive political map by World History Encyclopedia offers a large-scale overview of the ancient world across all time periods. Choose a date and see what the world looked like. It focuses on the Mediterranean, but also covers other parts of the world. Note: This is a work in progress!

Watch empires rise and fall, follow migrations, and navigate history one year at a time. Browse political boundaries from 2400 BCE through 263 BCE at any level of magnification. Every border, every empire, rendered from primary historical data.

This map shows ancient sites and museums from the Greco-Roman world in high detail, down to street level. The map covers the Mediterranean and most of Europe. It is created and maintained by the Vici Project.

This map of the modern world shows the locations and addresses of various archaeological museums and sites around the world which are relevant to ancient history.

A highly interactive and beautifully rendered map showing the changing borders of states, empires and kingdoms from antiquity all the way to the present day. At the bottom of the map there is a timeline allowing the user to change the date.

This map shows a selection of Palaeolithic sites across a very wide time span all across the globe which are connected in one way or another with the genus of Homo.

This zoomable map shows the global trade networks of the Old World during the Middle Ages.