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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

A world map drawn on gazelle skin in 1513 for the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis; the surviving part is kept in Topkapi, and it is one of the most famous Ottoman maps. ¹

People and things also explored

The seven climates· The equator· The horizon circle· The earth's sphericity· Measuring the earth· Joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean· The Elephant Clock· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz

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islam.museum contributors. “Piri Reis map”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/kharitat-piri-reis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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