![]() ![]() Yet the invasion map in the “civ” textbook I use has been removed from recent editions.Īnd no wonder. It is full of multi-colored arrows crossing the Rhine and the Danube and suggests powerful invading forces wreaking havoc on an already divided empire. ![]() ![]() One such map, dated 1934 and entitled “Barbarian Migrations,” purports to show the collapse of the western empire in the fourth and fifth centuries and the subsequent creation of new barbarian kingdoms in the fifth and sixth. So we had them framed and they now decorate the department halls. However, whatever their faults, many of these old maps were things of beauty, lovingly produced by dedicated scholars of two generations ago. We stored all the old pull-down maps that a younger generation may not even remember, but which were used to instruct me and I in turn used to instruct my students until then. Several years ago, my department deployed computer projectors to show maps, images, or whatever in our classes. ![]()
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