1.1 Migration Out of East Africa and the Great Rift Valley
2.1 Early Hominin-Bearing Sites in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Area
3.2 Trade Networks Through Mesopotamia, 3500–500 BCE
6.2 Territorial Expansion of the Roman Republic and Empire, 500 BCE–117 CE
7.1 Byzantine Constantinople, ca. 600
7.2 Istanbul Under Mehmed the Conqueror, 1453–1481
8.2 Principal Routes of Long-Distance Trade and Pilgrimage in the Islamic World, ca. 1500
9.1 East African Coast, ca. 1450
9.2 Kilwa Kisiwani, ca. 1400–1600
10.2 Varanasi: City of the Good Life
12.2 Venice’s Empire and Trade
13.2 Spanish and Portuguese Territories in the Americas, ca.1600s
14.2 Trade Routes Through the Straits of Malacca
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