Karte der <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochkultur_(Geschichtswissenschaft)" class="extiw" title="de:Hochkultur (Geschichtswissenschaft)">geschichtswissenschaftliche Hochkulturen</a>
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chumwa" class="extiw" title="de:User:Chumwa">Maximilian Dörrbecker</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chumwa" class="extiw" title="de:User:Chumwa">Chumwa</a>)
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<p><span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, using
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<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World7.svg" class="mw-redirect" title="File:BlankMap-World7.svg">File:BlankMap-World7.svg</a> for the background</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cities_of_Sumer_(en).svg" title="File:Cities of Sumer (en).svg">this map</a> for the Sumer area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elam_Map.jpg" title="File:Elam Map.jpg">this map</a> for the Elam area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMAC.png" title="File:BMAC.png">this map</a> for the Oxus area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVC_Map.png" title="File:IVC Map.png">this map</a> for the Indus area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empire_akkad.png" title="File:Empire akkad.png">this map</a> for the Akkad Empire area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Region_of_xia.svg" title="File:Region of xia.svg">this map</a> for the China area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olmec_Heartland_Overview_v2_PT.svg" title="File:Olmec Heartland Overview v2 PT.svg">this map</a> for the Olmek area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inkareich.png" title="File:Inkareich.png">this map</a> for the Inka area</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mexica_Extent_de.png" title="File:Mexica Extent de.png">this map</a> for the Aztec area</li>
<li>Karte "Die Anfänge der Hochkulturen". In: Westermann Geschichtsatlas, Braunschweig 1980, S. 3</li></ul><p>further sources:
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<ul><li>article <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization" class="extiw" title="en:Civilization"><i>Civilization</i></a> in the English Wikipedia</li>
<li>article <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apworldhistory-rochester-k12-mi-us.wikispaces.com/1D.+Basic+Features+of+Early+Civilizations"><i>Basic Features of Early Civilizations</i></a></li>
<li>map <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lsg.musin.de/geschichte/Material/karten/1/ho-kulturen.jpg"><i>Wiege der Hochkulturen</i></a></li>
<li>map of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uri.edu/artsci/ecn/mead/China/Maps/earlyciv.jpg">early civilasations</a></li>
<li>map <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://geocitiessites.com/historymech/mapy/r01civilizations.GIF"><i>Ancient Civilizations of the Old World</i></a></li></ul>