Due Date: February 2 by class time
Instructions:
Download the base map (choose either jpeg or PSD formats) below and the list of places to be located.
This is an image file and you will need a program such as Adobe Photoshop in order to open the file and complete the assignment. You may obtain Photoshop for free from the university for your personal computer to use when on the Brown system. For instructions on this use the following link:
http://software.brown.edu/dist/sw-win.html
Once you have opened the map you can use the text box feature of Photoshop (or other program) to put place names on the map in their appropriate position. (one easy way for cities and sites is to use a . period followed by the toponym of the place) It is important to pay attention to detail such as what bank of a river the city is located and its proximity to other sites (east of Baghdad or slightly west).
Once you have completed your map you should save it as a jpeg or similarly universal and small file format with a file name that contains your own name. Then you should email it to me at [email] as an attachment with a subject heading "map assignment". Alternatively I will accept printed maps or hand completed maps that are clear.
You may collaborate with each other on this assignment. The goal is not to stump you but to have you all to develop a geographical perspective on the regions that we will encounter in this course.
The atlases to be found in the Rock reference section are a great resource for this assignment as are some of the maps in the course texts. You might find the following of particular use.
• Kennedy, Hugh. ed. 2002. An Historical Atlas of Islam. Leiden: Brill
It comes with a great CD as well.
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Map_Assignment_instructions_listofplaces2009.doc
The following is a map against which you may check your own.
Muslim_World_MapwithToponyms.jpg