African Map Project
Check out this copy of al-Idrisi's map of the world, created in the 1100s AD. Can you find the Black Sea? The Caspian Sea? The Mediterranean Sea? Where is China on this map? Where is Spain?
How is al-Idrisi's map different from Ptolemy's map of the world? Does al-Idrisi know more or less about Africa than Ptolemy did? Why did al-Idrisi choose to center his map on the Arabian Peninsula? How is this map different from a modern map? Why do you think this might be?
al-Idrisi's map of the world (1100s AD)
Put away all these pictures, and try to draw your own map of the world, using only what you already know about the shape of the continents. Where will you center your map? Which direction will be up? How good is your map compared to these early maps?
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Cite this page: Carr, Karen. "" Kidipede - History for Kids. 2012. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/science/doing/alidrisi.htm
