THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HECATÆUS, B.C. 500 1 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ERATOSTHENES, B.C. 220 2 QUADRANS HABITABILIS ACCORDING TO ABU RIHAN BIRUNENSIS, A.D. 1030 3 EGYPTIAN EMPIRE, B.C. 1450 4 BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, B.C. 560 5 PERSIAN EMPIRE AT ITS GREATEST EXTENT, 525 B.C. 6, 7 EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 325 B.C. 8, 9 ASIA MINOR 10, 11 PALESTINE, OLD TESTAMENT 12 PALESTINE, NEW TESTAMENT 13 ASIA, EARLY EXPLORERS 14, 15 ASIA, THIRTEENTH CENTURY 16 ASIA, ABOUT 1740 17 INDIA, 1705 18 INDIA, 1765 19 INDIA, 1805 20 INDIA, 1857 21 THE FAR EAST, 1800 22, 23 RUSSIAN ADVANCES IN CENTRAL ASIA 24, 25 THE WORLD ON MERCATOR'S PROJECTION, SHOWING ROUTES TO ASIA 26, 27 ASIA--OROGRAPHICAL 28 RIVER BASINS 29 JANUARY TEMPERATURE 30 JULY TEMPERATURE 31 JANUARY RAINFALL 32 JULY RAINFALL 33 MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL 34 VEGETATION 35 RACES 36 RELIGIONS 37 POPULATION 38 POLITICAL 39 ECONOMIC MAP OF ASIA ON MERCATOR'S PROJECTION 40, 41 TRADE ROUTES OF ASIA ON MERCATOR'S PROJECTION 42, 43 TURKEY IN ASIA, ARABIA, PERSIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND BALUCHISTAN 44, 45 ASIA MINOR, SYRIA, ETC. 46, 47 SUEZ CANAL 48 ADEN 49 OROGRAPHICAL CENTRAL ASIA, WITH INDIAN FRONTIERS 50, 51