
Mongol Conquests Atlas
Source-aware Eurasian campaign atlas for the Mongol expansion, including battles, sieges, strategic places, conquest corridors, and review-grade coordinates. https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/mongol-conquests-atlas/

Source-aware Eurasian campaign atlas for the Mongol expansion, including battles, sieges, strategic places, conquest corridors, and review-grade coordinates. https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/mongol-conquests-atlas/
Interpretive scope: heritage context, condition, continuity
2D: https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/cultural-heritage-atlas/
3D: https://araratpetrosyan.com/armenia-earth/#7.15/40.05/44.8/-24/60
Ancient cities, ghost towns, ruins, former settlements, archaeological places, and vanished capitals on a source-aware 3D world map. https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/atlas-of-lost-cities/#2.69/32.03/45.18/-20/58
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Cached online build: 2026-06-21
I'm building an independent Mongol Conquests Atlas as part of a larger historical web atlas project:
I'm currently looking for high-quality historical datasets, GIS data, maps, primary sources, and academic resources related to the Mongol conquests.
I'm especially interested in:
If you know of university projects, digital humanities initiatives, repositories, or even excellent books that could help build an accurate historical GIS, I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.
Thank you in advance!
I’m building an independent public web atlas project and would really appreciate advice from geographers, GIS people, historians, cartographers, and anyone interested in spatial data.
The long-term idea is to build a source-aware public atlas system: not just maps with points, but map rooms where events, sources, boundaries, routes, heritage records, conflict data, displacement, disasters, and transport layers are kept separate and readable.
I would love feedback on:
- cartographic readability;
- layer design;
- historical boundary presentation;
- popup / record design;
- what datasets I should add;
- what feels confusing or too heavy;
- how to make the maps more academically useful without overwhelming public users.
Main atlas pages:
- World History Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/world-history-atlas/
- First World War Operational Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/world-war-i-atlas/
- Second World War Operational Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/world-war-ii-atlas/
- Genocide Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/genocide-atlas/
- Armenian Cultural Heritage Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/cultural-heritage-atlas/
- Conflict Systems Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/conflict-systems-atlas/
- Global Displacement Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/global-displacement-atlas/
- Global Disaster Risk Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/global-disaster-risk-atlas/
- World Transport Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/world-transport-atlas/
- World City Route Optimization Globe
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/route-optimization-globe/
Regional conflict maps:
- Russian-Ukrainian War Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/russian-ukrainian-war-map/
- Gaza War Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/gaza-war-map/
- Syrian Civil War Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/syrian-civil-war-map/
- Iraq Conflict Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/iraq-map/
- Yemen Civil War Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/yemen-civil-war-map/
- Libyan Civil War Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/libyan-civil-war-map/
- Sahel Conflict Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/sahel-conflict-map/
- Iran-U.S.-Israel 2026 War Atlas
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/iran-american-israeli-war-2026/
Special historical map:
- Greek Genocide Map
https://araratpetrosyan.com/projects/greek-genocide-map/
My main question:
If you were reviewing this as a geography/GIS project, what would you improve first?
I am especially interested in advice on historical boundaries, dense point layers, disaster/live data design, transport layers, and how to present uncertainty without making the maps unreadable.
Thank you in advance for any criticism, suggestions, datasets, or design advice.