Bible Maps

See the story, on the map.

From the Table of Nations to Jerusalem in the days of Jesus — 11 maps tracing the biblical world across the centuries.

Genesis 10 traces the descendants of Noah's three sons — Shem, Ham, and Japheth — as they spread out and settled the anc…

After the conquest of Canaan under Joshua, the land was divided by lot among the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe of L…

Under King David, the twelve tribes were united into a single kingdom for the first time, with Jerusalem captured from t…

After Solomon's death, the united kingdom split in two: the northern Kingdom of Israel, made up of ten tribes with its c…

The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered on cities like Nineveh and Asshur in Mesopotamia, became the dominant power of the anc…

The Neo-Babylonian Empire rose from the ashes of Assyria under Nabopolassar and reached its height under Nebuchadnezzar …

Cyrus the Great's Persian Empire overthrew Babylon in 539 BC and, in a striking reversal of prior imperial policy, issue…

In just over a decade, Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and pushed as far as India, spreading Greek lang…

By the time of Jesus's birth, Rome controlled the entire Mediterranean world, including Judea as a client kingdom and la…

In the Gospels, the land was divided into distinct regions under Roman oversight: Judea in the south, Samaria in the mid…

This map details Jerusalem as it stood during the final days of Jesus's earthly ministry — the Temple Mount with Herod's…