![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the challenge required some shoehorning to get ideas to fit with themes and hence there are flaws within some of the plots. I will share the maps, cite the data sources, and explain how they fit in with the days theme. The aim of this short article to is to document (and hopefully show off) my efforts over the last 30 days. I posted all of my entries to my twitter account where I have in the past shared my attempts at geospatial data visualisation. Done correctly and you will learn a lot about your chosen technology, explore some insightful datasets and probably gain a deeper understanding of the world around you. It is however a pretty significant time commitment and consumed a large chunk of my evenings at the start of November. As challenges go this is not particularly daunting if you have a love for data visualisation and know your way around the geospatial data sources of the internet. After all, if something is worth doing, it is worth doing in Python. Most entries tend to be GIS based and I was convinced that you could just skip all of that nonsense and do the whole thing in Python, using libraries like numpy, pandas, geopandas, matplotlib, earthpy and rasterio. These visualisations are then posted on social media under the hashtag #30DayMapChallenge. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "West Asia: 2000-1000 BCE." Accessed January 30, 2014.To those unfamiliar, the 30 day map challenge is a daily mapping/cartography/data visualisation challenge that takes place during November and the challenge is to generate some sort of map or geographical data visualisation each day according to the daily theme. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Ancient Near Middle Eastern Art: The Hittites." Accessed January 30, 2014. BBC History- Ancient History in-depth: Ancient Egypt. ![]() Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Israel, Retreived Janu Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia, Retrieved Janu Retrieved February 8, 2007, from Palestine Facts Web site: Maps of Historical Israel, Palestine, and the Region. Turkey, Mesopotamia, and the Middle East. Visit here for interactive Flash Cards on the historical Mediterranean.Ĭlick here for a video of Israel throughout history. Modern Day map of Egypt, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Syria, and Turkey.ĭetailed map of Israel and the area governed by the Palestinian Authority, labeled as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Ancient Israel occupied the area labeled Palestine on the map above.Īncient Greece is to the west of Asia minor and is detailed on the map above. Mesopotamia, seen in green above, is located in the fertile floodplains between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Īncient Egypt, in red, developed along the Nile River. It was home to the Hittite empire, seen in purple in the map above.the area governed by the Palestinian AuthorityĪsia Minor, also called Anatolia, is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey. kingdoms of the Hittites and Ancient Israelį. This page provides geographic locations of important Mediterranean countries, in both the ancient and modern world.ġ) Locate the following historical areas on the map of the MediterraneanĢ) Locate the following areas on the modern map:ĭ. ![]()
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