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This city of Jerusalem I have set in the midst of nations, with other countries round about her. [Ezekiel 5:5]
Since Jerusalem was located near the middle of the known world of antiquity
- it naturally occupied a central position on early world maps
- During the Middle Ages, strong religious influences caused some mapmakers
- to deliberately place Jerusalem at the exact center or "navel" of the world,
- in accordance with Biblical descriptions.
- This format was not widely adopted until the 13th century,
- following the Crusades and the consequent popular identification of Jerusalem as a primary spiritual center.
With the advent of the Renaissance
- new discoveries and improved geographic concepts changed the extent and
- shape of the known world and rendered Jerusalem-centered maps obsolete.
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HEINRICH BÜNTING, Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat ...
From: Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae ..., Magdeburg, Germany,1581
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/exhibit1/theme6.html
Bonus: old maps - http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/
Since Jerusalem was located near the middle of the known world of antiquity
- it naturally occupied a central position on early world maps
- During the Middle Ages, strong religious influences caused some mapmakers
- to deliberately place Jerusalem at the exact center or "navel" of the world,
- in accordance with Biblical descriptions.
- This format was not widely adopted until the 13th century,
- following the Crusades and the consequent popular identification of Jerusalem as a primary spiritual center.
With the advent of the Renaissance
- new discoveries and improved geographic concepts changed the extent and
- shape of the known world and rendered Jerusalem-centered maps obsolete.
_______________________________
HEINRICH BÜNTING, Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat ...
From: Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae ..., Magdeburg, Germany,1581
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/exhibit1/theme6.html
Bonus: old maps - http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/