This map is a thumbnail map showing the area that most scholars describe as the "Fertile Crescent," an area in antiquity that was much more favorable to agriculture than surrounding desert and mountain regions. It covers much of the modern region known as the Middle East, including modern Iraq and neighboring countries. Uruk, the city of Gilgamesh, was in the southern part of the map. Click on the map or on the following link and it will take you to an interactive map of "The World of Gilgamesh."

This map is a thumbnail map showing the Mediterranean Sea basin. By the end of the first century, practically all of the area on this map was a part of the Roman Empire. The word "Mediterranean" literally means "in between the land," and the Romans called the sea "Mare Nostrum," which means "Our sea." Click on the map or on the following link and to visit an interactive map of The World of The Aeneid.