Maps & Geography

Jerusalem in New Testament Times

Black and white printable map. Bible History Online....

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Map of Judah and Israel During the Period of the Kings

Black and white printable map. Bible History Online....

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Map of Samaria and Central Palestine

Black and white printable map. Bible History Online. [ancient maps]...

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Ancient City Search

This searches cities of the ancient world and brings up a description about each city. Right now only NT Israel is searchable. Bible History Online...

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Map of Palestine and her Neighbors (2000 B.C.)

Map of Israel and her neighbors at the time of the Amorite invasion (2000 B.C.). Right around the turn of the second millennium B.C. the Amorites came and swallowed up every kingdom and city in the Middle East that they attacked. They built new cities on the mounds of the destroyed kingdoms which later became the Canaanite cities of the Bible. They...

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Map of Israel with Boundaries (1949)

Black and white printable map. Bible History Online....

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Map of the Egyptian Empire (1450 B.C.)

Map of the Egyptian Empire with the Conquest of Canaan by Thutmose III (1450 B.C.). The18th dynasty was established in Egypt during the middle of the 16th century B.C. by Ahmose (Aahmes). At this time Egypt's New Kingdom took complete control over the land of Canaan, the kingdom lasted over 400 years. It was around this time that the term "Land of ...

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Map of the Ancient Fertile Crescent

Sometime around 2500 B.C. a great migration developed upon what is known as the "Fertile Crescent," which was like a great arc of cultivable land that extended from the Persian gulf, up and around Mesopotamia and back down to Israel and Egypt. By 1000 B.C. the known world reached as far west as Europe. The major east-west trade routes were establis...

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Map of the Babylonian Empire (550 B.C.)

The Babylonians were great conquerors, as the Assyrians were. They were also great traders as revealed through archaeology, and thousands of cuneiform tablets have been found telling of their complex trade networks. They traded with Lebanon, Egypt and Greece. In order to protect their trade routes, they marched their armies west with the mighty kin...

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Map of the New Assyrian Empire - 650 B.C.

This map reveals how vast the Assyrian Empires territory had extended, which covered lands from the Persian Gulf to Egypt to present day Turkey. The Assyrians were remarkable warriors and had been for some time. Their tactically organized and well-equipped army was able to storm enemy cities like a mighty machine, on foot, on their swift horses and...

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