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描述East-Hem 600ad.jpg	Eastern Hemisphere in 600 AD.
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作者	Thomas Lessman (Contact!)
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Map Summary

Original Source URL: http://www.thomaslessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_600ad.jpg.

This map of the eastern Hemisphere in 600 AD was created by Thomas Lessman, based on information from the sources listed below. This map is free for educational use (see Permission info above). When using this map, please mention that it is available for free at www.WorldHistoryMaps.info.

Map Source References

• Remember, sources often conflict with each other. This map is only as accurate as the information that is available to me. To report any errors or to help further this work, please click here, or email Thomas Lessman at talessman@yis.us

References for information contained in this map:

1. Borders of Europe are mostly derived from the www.Euratlas.com map of Europe in 600 AD.

• (Please note: User:Bogomolov.PL has done a great job of showing me possible discrepancies in my north European borders compared to this source, due to the differences in the geographical layout of the maps.)

2. Borders of Britain derived from "EarlyBritishKingdoms.com" map of Britain in 600 AD.

3. Borders of Asian countries are derived mostly from the Huhai.net map of Asia in 610 AD, as well as Wikipedia articles related to countries and peoples depicted in this map.

• Gokturk borders are derived from User:Briangotts' map of the Gokturk Khaganates, 600 CE.
• Borders of India are derived mainly from this map of the Pallava Empire, 550-600 AD^{[dead link]}.

4. Fringe areas like Africa, Australia, Siberia, etc. are partially derived from Wikimedia's map of The world in 500 CE, created by User:Javierfv1212.

5. Improvement March 17, 2023: added main lakes and complete rivers; correct names "Armorica" and "Neustria"; correct areas of Avar, Onogour (Bulgarian) and Western Göktürk Khaganate; mentioned Circassians and Armenia; Ghassanids as Roman vassals, Lakhmids as Persian vassals. According with historic sources available, as:

• Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, Westermann publ. 1985, (ISBN 3-14-100919-8);
• Putzger historischer Weltatlas, Cornelsen publ. 1990, (ISBN 3-464-00176-8);
• André et Jean Sellier's « Atlas des Peuples », La Découverte publ. : Europe occidentale, 1995, (ISBN 2-7071-2505-9), Europe centrale, 1992, (ISBN 2-7071-2032-4), Orient, 1993, (ISBN 2-7071-2222-X):
• Vladislav Popovic's «La descente des Koutrigours, des Slaves et des Avars vers la mer Égée» (fr) in: Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Vol. 12, 1978, pp. 596-648;
• Claude Mutafian's & Eric Van Lauwe's Atlas historique de l'Arménie, Autrement publ., ISBN 2746701006.

6. Much of the information in this map was cross-checked with Bruce Gordon's Regnal Chronologies.

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Original upload log

• 2008-01-08 04:00 Talessman 3240×1903×8 (761768 bytes) Corrected borders in southeast Asia, Central Asia, and India. Also added more info to numbered legend.
• 2007-12-23 05:45 Talessman 3240×1903×8 (770859 bytes) Added numbered legend. Corrected borders of India, southeast Asia, and Korea. Added more information for Indonesia, Manchuria, central asia, and Africa.
• 2007-11-02 18:32 Talessman 3240×1903×8 (712068 bytes) Corrected borders of Makuria, Alodia, Blemmys, Nobatia, and Arab kingdoms.
• 2007-10-30 00:36 Talessman 3240×1903×8 (712926 bytes) '
• 2007-10-26 22:38 Talessman 2880×1692×8 (569661 bytes) Reverted to version as of 16:09, 26 September 2007 (reverted to earlier full version due to uploading of new cropped versions of same image, to allow full version)
• 2007-10-19 18:08 Dbachmann 2412×1062×8 (641315 bytes) cropped
• 2007-09-26 16:09 Talessman 2880×1692×8 (569661 bytes) Author: Thomas A. Lessman. Source URL: http://www.ThomasLessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_600ad.jpg. Image was created by me (Thomas Lessman) based on historical information located on Wikipedia, as well as information from maps located in Wikipedia and
• 2007-09-12 21:34 Talessman 2880×1692×8 (557321 bytes) Author: Thomas A. Lessman. Source URL: http://www.ThomasLessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_600ad.jpg. Image was created by me (Thomas Lessman) based on historical information located on Wikipedia, as well as information from maps located in Wikipedia and
• 2007-07-21 20:35 Talessman 1973×1159×8 (2392834 bytes) Author: Thomas A. Lessman. Source URL: http://www.ThomasLessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_600ad.jpg. Image was created by me (Thomas Lessman) based on historical information located on Wikipedia, as well as information from maps located in Wikipedia and