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* considered the first European map to be non-religious in nature or focus | * considered the first European map to be non-religious in nature or focus | ||
* it did not place Jerusalem at the longitudinal center, and it removed the Garden of Eden from the world map (which was traditionally located on the world map to the east) | * it did not place Jerusalem at the longitudinal center, and it removed the Garden of Eden from the world map (which was traditionally located on the world map to the east) | ||
|[[File:FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg|left|thumb|The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with south to the top (standard for Muslim world maps). The map is considered highly accurate and the first modern map of the world, even though not correctly depicting all of Africa (or the PaciiAmericas)]] | |Click expand to view map of the Fra Mauro Map (click on image to enlarge): | ||
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[[File:FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg|left|thumb|The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with south to the top (standard for Muslim world maps). The map is considered highly accurate and the first modern map of the world, even though not correctly depicting all of Africa (or the PaciiAmericas)]] | |||
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* Gunpowder empires created stable economies and administrative states | * Gunpowder empires created stable economies and administrative states | ||
* engaged in cultural patronage (cosmopolitan) | * engaged in cultural patronage (cosmopolitan) | ||
|[[File:Islamic Gunpowder Empires.jpg|left|thumb|Islamic Gunpowder Empires]] | |Click expand to view map of the Gunpowder Empires (click on image to enlarge): | ||
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[[File:Islamic Gunpowder Empires.jpg|left|thumb|Islamic Gunpowder Empires]] | |||
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| 1450s-1480s | | 1450s-1480s | ||