World History Historical Geography and Map Locations

Vocabulary flashcards identifying all 47 historical cities, landmarks, and geographic regions from the map study guide across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and East Asia.

Acre

Historical site designated as number 1 on the Middle East map, situated as a coastal port city on the Mediterranean Levant.

Antioch

Historical city designated as number 2 on the European and Anatolian map, located in southern Anatolia near the northeastern Mediterranean coast.

Baghdad

Historical city designated as number 3 on the Middle East map, located along the Tigris River in central Mesopotamia.

Basra

Historical city designated as number 4 on the Middle East map, situated in southern Mesopotamia near the Persian Gulf.

Beijing

Major historical city designated as number 5 on the East Asia map, located in northeastern China.

Medina

Major Islamic holy city designated as number 6 on the Middle East map, located in the Hejaz region of the western Arabian Peninsula north of Mecca.

Cairo

Historical capital city designated as number 7 on the Middle East and North Africa map, located near the Nile River Delta in Egypt.

Carthage

Ancient and medieval Mediterranean coastal city designated as number 8 on the North Africa map, located in modern-day Tunisia.

Clermont

Historical city designated as number 9 on the European map, situated in south-central France.

Constantinople

Major imperial capital designated as number 10 on the European map, situated on the Bosporus strait connecting Europe and Asia Minor.

Cordoba

Major Islamic and medieval center designated as number 11 on the European map, located in southern Iberia (modern-day Spain).

Cyrene

Ancient and historical settlement designated as number 12 on the North Africa map, situated on the Mediterranean coast of eastern Libya.

Damascus

Major historical city and capital designated as number 13 on the Middle East map, located in the Levant inland from the Mediterranean coast.

Delhi

Major historical imperial center designated as number 14 on the Asia map, located in northern India.

Dublin

Historical settlement and port designated as number 15 on the European map, located on the eastern coast of Ireland.

Dunhuang

Major Silk Road oasis and cultural hub designated as number 16 on the East Asia map, located in northwestern China along the Hexi Corridor.

Fez

Historical commercial and intellectual center designated as number 17 on the North Africa map, located in northwestern Africa (modern-day Morocco).

Gao

Major historical trading city designated as number 18 on the Africa map, situated along the Niger River in the western Sahel.

Guangzhou

Major historical southern maritime trading port designated as number 19 on the East Asia map, located in southern coastal China.

Hormuz

Strategic commercial trading island and port designated as number 20 on the Middle East map, situated on the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Jerusalem

Major holy city designated as number 21 on the Middle East map, located in the Levantine interior plateau between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

Karakorum

Imperial capital of the Mongol Empire designated as number 22 on the Asia map, located in central Mongolia.

Kashgar

Important Silk Road oasis trading city designated as number 23 on the Asia map, situated in western China at the foot of the Pamir Mountains.

London

Historical city and commercial center designated as number 24 on the European map, situated along the River Thames in southeastern England.

Luoyang

Ancient imperial capital designated as number 25 on the East Asia map, situated along the Yellow River basin in central-eastern China.

Mecca

Primary Islamic holy city and pilgrimage destination designated as number 26 on the Middle East map, situated in the Hejaz region of western Arabia south of Medina.

Nagasaki

Historical harbor and trading port designated as number 27 on the East Asia map, situated on the western coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan.

Moscow

Historical city and political center designated as number 28 on the European map, located in western Russia.

Mosul

Major commercial and strategic city designated as number 29 on the Middle East map, located along the upper Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia.

Mount Sinai

Historical and biblical mountain landmark designated as number 30 (marked with a triangle) on the Middle East map, located in the southern Sinai Peninsula.

Nicaea

Historical city and site of ecumenical councils designated as number 31 on the European and Anatolian map, located in northwestern Anatolia near the Sea of Marmara.

Nishapur

Key Silk Road intellectual and trade center designated as number 32 on the Middle East and Central Asia map, located in northeastern Persia (modern-day Iran).

Kairouan

Historical Islamic cultural and scholarly city designated as number 33 on the North Africa map, located in inland Tunisia south of Carthage.

Reykjavik

Settlement designated as number 34 on the European map, situated in southwestern Iceland.

Rome

Historical imperial capital and papal center designated as number 35 on the European map, situated in central Italy along the Tiber River.

Sahara Desert

Vast desert expanse designated as number 36 on the Africa map, spanning across the northern portion of the African continent.

Samarkand

Major Silk Road metropolis and imperial capital designated as number 37 on the Central Asia map, located east of the Caspian Sea in Transoxiana.

Sarai

Capital of the Golden Horde designated as number 38 on the map, situated north of the Caspian Sea along the lower Volga River.

Tabriz

Major historical trade and political capital designated as number 39 on the Middle East map, situated in northwestern Persia near Lake Urmia.

Kyoto

Imperial capital and cultural center designated as number 40 on the East Asia map, situated in central Honshu, Japan.

Timbuktu

Major trans-Saharan trading center and Islamic intellectual hub designated as number 41 on the West Africa map, located near the northern bend of the Niger River.

Trondheim

Historical medieval city and religious center designated as number 42 on the European map, located along the central coast of Norway.

Uppsala

Important historical and religious center designated as number 43 on the European map, located in eastern Sweden north of Lake Mälaren.

Venice

Major maritime commercial republic designated as number 44 on the European map, located in a lagoon at the head of the Adriatic Sea in northeastern Italy.

Xi'an (Chang'an)

Ancient imperial capital and eastern terminus of the Silk Road designated as number 45 on the East Asia map, located in the Wei River valley of north-central China.

York

Prominent Roman, Viking, and medieval city designated as number 46 on the European map, situated in northern England.

Paris

Major medieval capital and academic center designated as number 47 on the European map, located along the Seine River in northern France.