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Southwest Asia, 300–600 CE
Southwest Asia, 300–600 CE
Use the labels below to match with the speci�c areas of the map provided on the previous page.
General Labels
Cities
1. Alexandria 2. Antioch 3. Axum 4. Constantinople 5. Ctesiphon 6. Damascus 7. Jerusalem 8. Nicea 9. Rome
Countries
1. BYZANTINE EMPIRE 2. ETHIOPIA 3. GUPTA EMPIRE 4. JEWISH HOMELAND 5. KINGDOM OF AXUM 6. NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY 7. QI EMPIRE 8. SASANIAN EMPIRE 9. YEMEN
Geographical Features
1. ARABIAN DESERT 2. ARABIAN PENINSULA 3. HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS 4. SAHARA DESERT 5. STEPPE LANDS 6. TAKLAMAKAN DESERT
Regions
1. CENTRAL ASIA
Water
1. ARABIAN SEA 2. ARAL SEA 3. BLACK SEA 4. CASPIAN SEA 5. Euphrates R. 6. Ganges R. 7. INDIAN OCEAN 8. Indus R. 9. Lake Baikal 10. Lake Balkas 11. MEDITERRANEAN SEA 12. Mekong R. 13. Nile R. 14. Persian Gulf 15. RED SEA 16. SOUTH CHINA SEA 17. Tigris R. 18. Yangzi R. 19. Yellow R.
Legend Labels
Areas converted to Christianity by 600 Areas of Jewish settlement Area predominantly Zoroastrian Area predominantly Hindu Nestorian missions Principal land trade routes Principal maritime trade routes Bubonic Plague, 542–808 Empire boundary