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Thread : Maps of the Known World before and after the GRoF
Started at 03-23-06 07:23 PM by OldDawg
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[Post 1]
Author : OldDawg
Date : 03-23-06 07:23 PM
Thread Title : Maps of the Known World before and after the GRoF

Here are some maps which I use to help organize my understanding of mystaran history.  Thought you guys might like to see it.  At the least, it should explain some of the directions and ideas I've talked about.

The kill line is a latitude limit above which everything was killed (either immediately or poisoned) by the Great Rain of Fire.

The various subregions of the elves, thonia, tanagoro and oltecs helped to explore why people were where they were.  Lumbrai (on the thonia map) is an equivalent of RW Numidia bringing Oltec slaves onto IoD and Bellisaria on behalf of the Empire.  The Oltec and Tanagoro nations are all based on RW cultures.

http://home.ec.rr.com/drjpostings/worlds.gif

http://home.ec.rr.com/drjpostings/glacial.gif
 
Note the effect that glaciers would have on migrations.  One correction needed on the map is flooding on the landbridges, all of which should be gone by 800 BC.

-OldDawg

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[Post 2]
Author : OldDawg
Date : 03-23-06 07:30 PM

Forgot to include Tanagoro in the above collage

http://home.ec.rr.com/drjpostings/tanagoro.jpg

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[Post 3]
Author : Arcanda
Date : 03-24-06 10:29 AM

Interesting...
Could you also show a reference year for your "before the rain" maps?

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[Post 4]
Author : havard
Date : 03-24-06 10:50 AM

Old Dog: this is really impressive!

I find these kinds of illustrative maps very informative. Sometimes it is hard to get the same information from text only. 

Håvard

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[Post 5]
Author : Thorf
Date : 03-24-06 12:34 PM

Very interesting.  These kinds of maps are always nice to see.

Out of interest, what did you use to make them?  It would be nice to see higher resolution versions.

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[Post 6]
Author : Hugin
Date : 03-24-06 10:10 PM

Very cool maps! I love things that show historical infomation for Mystara. I have had a (pipe-)dream of creating a powerpoint presentation showing the history of Mystara and its peoples, but of course time makes this near-impossible, especially since I'd have to learn how to use powerpoint well first!  ;) 

Thanks for posting these!

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