Northern Asia embracing Siberia, Mongolia and Japan, 1920
A map from 1920 of northern Asia showing the political boundaries at the time. The map shows the Russian Empire in Asia east of the Ural Mountains and Volga River, including the provinces of Tobolsk, Yeniseisk, Yakutsk, Anadir and Maritime Provinces,...

Northern Asia, 1920
A map from 1920 of northern Asia showing the political boundaries at the time. The map shows the Russian Empire in Asia east of the Ural Mountains and Volga River, including the provinces of Tobolsk, Yeniseisk, Yakutsk, Anadir and Maritime Provinces,...

Spread of Buddhism, 1921
A map from 1921 of Asia showing the spread of Buddhism from its origins in India, to early areas of Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, and the Philippines, and later into Tibet, China, Burma, Siam, Annam, southern Japan, Mongolia, and the regions of the Kirghiz ...

Central and Southern Asia, 1922
A map from 1922 showing the country boundaries of central and southern Asia at the time. This map shows British India extending from Afghanistan and Persia (Iran) in the west to Burma (Myanmar) and along the Malay Peninsula in the east, and shows the...

Terrain of Central Asia, 200–1 BC
A map of Central Asia during the first and second centuries BC showing the mountain systems, desserts, plateaus, rivers and terrain that hindered or motivated the Hun migrations to the west. "If the reader will examine the map of Central Asia, h...

Yuan Chwang's Route from China to India, 629–645 AD
A map of Asia showing the route of the Buddhist Yuan Chwang's route from China to India, from AD 629 to 645. "In the year 629, the year after the arrival of Muhammad's envoys at Canton and thirty odd years after the landing of Pope Gregory's mis...

The Tang Empire, AD 618 to 907
A map of Asia showing the greatest extent of the imperial Chinese Tang Dynasty (AD 618 to 907). At this time, the empire stretched from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Lu–Chu Islands (Ryukyu Islands) in the east, and from the Altai Mountains...

Phoenicia, Ancient Phoenicia
A map of the Mediterranean region around 1200 to 333 BC, showing the settlements, colonies, and coastal claims of the early Phoenicians, from Phoenicia in the eastern Mediterranean to the Strait of Gibraltar and Atlantic coast of Spain and Africa. Th...

Mongol States , Around 1280
A map of the Mongol states around 1280, during the time of Marco Polo's travels (1271–1295). This map shows the Empire Kipchak (Golden Horde), Siber Empire, the Empire of Kublai Khan (Yuan Dynasty) including Mongolia, Cathay, Manzi, Tibet, and ...