For convenience this Map Index allows direct access to all the dynamic and static maps incorporated in ECAI Iraq. The other methods of accessing the information are through the links at the top of the page: Historical Sites, Eras & Empires, Institutions, and Preservation. ECAI uses TimeMap software to create dynamic maps. Clicking on the segments of the blue timeline allows users to choose a dynamic map for a specific time range. Below the timeline are thumbnail images of additional dynamic maps that can be activated by clicking on the image. Following this are lists of links to maps available on the web.

Dynamic Maps:

Click on a time period segment to view its dynamic map.

Online Maps:

Era or Empire Maps

General Area Maps
Ancient Near East Map Series hosted by: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Archaeological Site Map, Iraq hosted by: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Government Views of Iraq: Maps hosted by: Cohen Library, The City College of New York
Iraq Navigator: Mapping the Conflict hosted by: BBC
Maps of the Islamic Middle East hosted by: Al-Khazina, Princeton University
National Geographic Interactive Map hosted by: National Geographic*
Tigris and Euphrates Near Baghdad, Ancient and Modern Courses hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Abbasid Caliphate
Map of the Abbasid Caliphate During Harun Al-Rashid's Reign hosted by: Al-Khazina, Princeton University
The Art of the cAbbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.) hosted by: Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Akkadian Empire
Map of Akkadian Empire Under Naram-Sin hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Akkadian Empire Under Sargon's Sons hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of the Akkadian Empire hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Assyrian
Digital Map of the Ancient Near East hosted by: Casco Bay Assyriological Institute

Greek
Alexander in Images - maps hosted by: Alexander the Great on the Web*
Alexander's Empire - Routes, Battles and Cities founded hosted by: Silkroad Seattle, University of Washington
Following the Footsteps of Alexander hosted by: Alexander the Great (from Greece)

Gutian
Map of Sumer Under the Gutians hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Ur III Empire hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Hittites
Hittites, 1340 BC hosted by: Britannica Encyclopedia Online

Iraq
Iraq Maps hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Oriental Institute Map Series - Iraq Site Map hosted by: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Isin/Larsa
Map of Babylon and its Neighbors hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Mesopotamia in 1815 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Sumer under Isin Domination hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of the Decline of Isin hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of the Rise of Larsa hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Kassite Babylonian
Map of Kassite Babylonia c. 1400 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1100 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1250 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Kurdistan
Kurdish Areas in the Middle East and Soviet Union 1986 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Kurdish Areas of Northern Iraq - From Iraq: Country Profile [map], CIA, January 2003 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Late Assyrian
Iraq History Page: The Assyrian Empire: Map hosted by: Iraq4Ever*
Neo-Assyrian Toponyms hosted by: Casco Bay Assyriological Institute
The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750-625 B.C. hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Mesopotamia
Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia hosted by: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
BBC Ancient History: Map of Mesopotamia hosted by: BBC
Map of Assyrian Sites hosted by: Learningsites.com
Map of Lower Mesopotamia hosted by: Threat to World Heritage in Iraq, Oxford University
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1730 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Near East c. 1500 BCE hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Pre-Islamic Sites hosted by: Iraq4Ever*
Map of the Upper Euphrates hosted by: Threat to World Heritage in Iraq, Oxford University
Map of the Upper Tigris hosted by: Threat to World Heritage in Iraq, Oxford University
Maps of Mesopotamia hosted by: Mesopotamia: The British Museum
Mesopotamia hosted by: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Deh Luran Valley Archaeological Project: Map of Greater Mesopotamia hosted by: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
The Digital Map of the Ancient Near East hosted by: Casco Bay Assyriological Institute

Middle East
Atlas of the Middle East hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Modern Iraq
Atlas of the Orient: Iraq hosted by: LexicOrient*
Iraq Maps hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Iraq's Antiquities War Map hosted by: National Geographic*
Map of Iraq hosted by: United Nations - Office of the Iraq Programme - Oil-for-Food

Mohammed and the First Caliphs
Map of Muslim Expansion in the time of Muhammad hosted by: Al-Khazina, Princeton University

Mongol Il-Khan Empire
The Arts of the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353 A.D.) - Map hosted by: Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Il-Khan Empire of Hulegu, 1294 hosted by: Islamic World to 1600, University of Calgary, Canada

Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian clay tablet world map, 600 B.C. hosted by: Cartographic Images
The Oriental Empires about 600 B.C hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Old Assyrian
Map of Ancient Assyria hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Shamshi-Assad's I's Empire hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Old Babylonian
Map of Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*

Ottoman Empire
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Maps of the Ottoman Empire hosted by: LexicOrient*
Map of Persia, 1736 hosted by: David Rumsey Collection
Map of Persia, 1855. hosted by: David Rumsey Collection
Ottoman Empire since 1683 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Parthian Empire
Parthian Empire (247 b.c. -224 a.d.) hosted by: Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silkroad Maps - The Parthian Empire hosted by: Silkroad Seattle, University of Washington

Persian Achaemenid Empire
Persian Empire about 500 B.C. hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Roman Empire
Eastern Half of the Roman Empire hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Roman Empire at the Height of Conquest under Emperor Trajan 116 A.D. hosted by: Islamic World to 1600, University of Calgary, Canada

Safavids
Global Connections - The Middle East - Historical Political Borders hosted by: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Sasanian Empire
Maps of the Sasanian Empire hosted by: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, University of California, Berkeley
Silkroad Maps - The Sasanian Empire hosted by: Silkroad Seattle, University of Washington

Seljuq Sultanate
The Art of the Seljuq Period in Iran (c.a. 1040-1157 A.D.) - Map hosted by: Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sumerian / Early Dynastic
Map of Early Dynastic Sumeria hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Early Dynastic Sumerian Empires hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Map of Lugalzaggesi's Empire hosted by: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Sumerian Neolithic and Chalcolithic Archaeological Sites hosted by: Sumerian Language Page

Timurid
The Timurid Empire hosted by: Islamic World to 1600, University of Calgary, Canada

Umayyad Caliphate
Muslim Expansion in Central Asia Under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661 - 750 C.E. hosted by: Islamic World to 1600, University of Calgary, Canada
The Art of the Umayyad Period (c.a. 661-750 A.D.) - Map hosted by: Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Eighth Progressive Map - Arabic Ascendency hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Site Maps

Ashur
Site Plan for Ashur hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Babylon
Babylon 1944 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Site Plan for Babylon hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Baghdad
Baghdad 1849 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Baghdad 1944 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Baghdad 1961 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Satellite Image of Baghdad, Iraq hosted by: Space Imaging

Basra
Basra Area 1942 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Erbil
Erbil 1944 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Map of Arbil and Kirkuk hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Farukhabad
Map of Farukhabad showing location of excavation trenches hosted by: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

Karbala
Karbala 1918 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Satellite image of Karbala hosted by: Space Imaging

Khorsabad
Site Plan for Khorsabad hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Kirkuk
Map of Arbil and Kirkuk hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Map of Karkuk hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Mari
Mari, one of the first City-States (Syria) hosted by: Agropolis-Museum, France
Site Plan for Mari hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Mosul
Mosul 1944 hosted by: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Nimrud
Site Plan for Nimrud hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File
Site Plan of Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud hosted by: Learningsites.com
Site plan of the Citadel at Nimrud - 1992 hosted by: Learningsites.com
The Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Nimrud - 1976 hosted by: Learningsites.com
The Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Nimrud - 1982 hosted by: Learningsites.com

Nineveh
Plan of Sennacherib's throne-room suite at Nineveh's Southwest Palace hosted by: Archaeology - Online Magazine of AIA
Site Plan for Nineveh hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Nippur
Nippur Topographical Site Plan hosted by: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Site Plan for Nippur hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Shubat-Enlil
Tell Leilan, NE Syria, Weiss et al., 1993 hosted by: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York

Susa
Site Plan for Susa hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File
Susa from Space hosted by: ArchAtlas Project, Oxford University

Tchogha Zanbil
Site Plan for Tchogha Zanbil hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Tell Madhhur
Site Plan for Tell Madhhur hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Ur
Site Plan for Ur hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File

Uruk
Site Plan for Uruk hosted by: ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File
Uruk, plan of Eanna precinct, level IVa, before c. 3000 BC hosted by: Grove Dictionary of Art Online

Ur
The Royal Tombs of Ur hosted by: Mesopotamia: The British Museum

Uruk
Map of late Uruk settlement pattern, north of Uruk-Warka (3450-3050 BC). Gregory Johnson, 1980. (HW4) hosted by: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

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