Transfer of Arabs across the Hellespont (Dardanelles) - Expansion of Islam in the 8th century. Woodcut engraving after a painting (1880) by Hermann Vogel (German painter, 1854 - 1921), published in 1881. Çanakkale Province Middle Ages Çanakkale City Hellespont
Cartoon map of Turkey I have used http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/turkey_republic_2002.html address as the reference to draw the basic map outlines with Illustrator CS5 software, other themes were created by myself. All drawings were divided into separate layers. 14/01/2014 Layers, Istanbul Orange - Fruit Geology Cartoon map of Turkey