MONGOLE EMPIRE MAP

Course: 426Mohammad Ghuloum

Objectives

To show the geographic extent of the Mongol Empire

founded by Genghis Khan and conquered by his descendents and successor.

Materials

• Data were collected about the history of Mongol Empire from different Web sites.

• Software:– Adobe Iiustrator cs5– Adobe Flash cs5 Action Script 3.0– ArcMap 10

Methods

• Data collected for each period of the important parts of the Mongol Empire.

• ArcMap was used to copy maps• Maps were copied in Adobe Illustrator.• Layers were designed and overlaid.• Designed into an animated flow map.

Problems

• I had problems in assigning the colors for the geographic land extent conquered in each period.

• This problem was solved by copying different maps and then overlaying them to get the color exactly on the outer border of lands opened at that period of time.

Results

The era of Genghis Khan 1206 – 1294

Results

Chagatai Khanate 1225- 1687

Results

Golden Horde from 1240-1502 Most of Eastern Europe

Results

II-Khanate from 1256-1335 Persia, Azerbaijan, Turkey

Results

Yuan Dynasty from 1271-1368 Northern China